Solr rule based boost

Question

I am using Solr-5.0.0. I am searching on a field product_name. I need to add some rules to get relevant results.

1. If I search f

Answer 1

To begin with, you should use the dismax or edismax query parser instead of the default (lucene).

Then you can improve relevancy using different parameters :

1. : Use qf to boost your product_name field.
2. : Use pf to boost your product_name field where all of the terms in the q parameter appear in close proximity.
3. : Use bq to boost documents where the words with or without don't appear. See here. For example : bq=(*:* -with -without)^999