[TYPO3-Solr] Boost documents of a certain type even with sorting

[Jonas Götze]

Hi Ingo, hi Jigal,

Thank you for your Responses!

 > yes and no. I'd also choose a boost query, but only because that's
 > easier for this case. They do not have higher boosts than a boost
 > function though. It all depends on the configuration/the amount of boost
 > you set.
Actually I already used a boost Query:
plugin.tx_solr.search.query.boostQuery = (type:fe_users)^1000
This results in the behaviour I descriped earlier.
What I haven't set is a boost-Function - did you mean that?
If I have to set a boost-Function - could someone provide me an example 
for that? With the manuals its not that clear for me... :(

 > That's a possible way to go too, use a different/custom/own sorting 
field.
We tried that too:
sortfield_intS = 1
for fe_users
and
sortfield_intS = 2
for all others.
Then a Query with
sort=title sortfield_intS asc
lists the user at first, but all other results seem to be sorted by 
relevance...
Whats wrong? :)

Thanks again for your help on this.

Regards Jonas


Am 18.10.2012 12:13, schrieb Ingo Renner:
> Am 17.10.12 21:08, schrieb Jigal van Hemert:
>
> Hi Jonas, hi Jigal,
>
>> Short answer: use a boost query (which has more weight than a boost
>> function)
>
> yes and no. I'd also choose a boost query, but only because that's
> easier for this case. They do not have higher boosts than a boost
> function though. It all depends on the configuration/the amount of boost
> you set.
>
>> or use an extra field set with a different value for each type
>> and sort on that field as well (you can sort on multiple fields)
>
> That's a possible way to go too, use a different/custom/own sorting field.
>
> In general, documents are sorted by relevance by default. That takes
> into account boosts. When you sort by let's say title, then of course
> you'll sort by title, not by relevance. Thus boosts are not taken into
> account, no matter what you do.
>
> So a custom sorting field would likely be the way to go here.
>
>
> Best, HTH,
> Ingo
>