11 Compound queries
This chapter covers
- Working with compound queries
- Boolean search queries
- Constant score queries
- Boosting queries
- Disjunction maximum queries
- Function score queries
In the last two chapters, we looked at term-level and full-text queries. We discussed searching structured and unstructured data using queries, some producing relevance scores and others working in a filter context where scores are irrelevant. Most queries allow setting simple search criteria and working on a limited set of fields, such as finding books written by an author or searching for best-selling books.
In addition to providing queries for complex criteria, we sometimes need to boost scores based on certain criteria while at the same time negating scores ...
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