Question on 0.7.0/Field boosting about flexsearch HOT 4 CLOSED

Hello. Field-Search is already available. Just boosting specific fields will come in the next version which will be 0.7.0, the usage will also explained in the documentation, it is very close to your example :)

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Also, would be great to have boosting by value of numeric field stored in document. For example, it's useful to sort products by categories with different priority.

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I have thought about it once again. There are two types of sorting:

1. sort by score
2. sort by field value

Basically 1. and 2. are already available. For 2. there are also customization available. A way how to customize the sort by score is actually missing. This could be done by manipulate the scoring calculation, e.g.:

1. boost score by a custom multiplier (per field, comes in v0.7.0)
2. boost score by query elevation (sponsored search)
3. adjust score by feedback (to sort by popularity)
4. calculate score by a custom function (when indexing)

Your example "sort by a dynamic field value" (e.g. priority) may already be possible with a custom sorting, in addition the custom function at 4. can be used to pre-score per field value (e.g. priority). When 1. and 4. are finally available we need to check if we can find an example, which is not covered by the available features.

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Please change over to the version >= 0.7.x, thanks a lot. Support for a custom "boost" function will be available soon.

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