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Boosting Query
editBoosting Query
editThe boosting query can be used to effectively demote results that
match a given query. Unlike the "NOT" clause in bool query, this still
selects documents that contain undesirable terms, but reduces their
overall score.
{
"boosting" : {
"positive" : {
"term" : {
"field1" : "value1"
}
},
"negative" : {
"term" : {
"field2" : "value2"
}
},
"negative_boost" : 0.2
}
}