How to lower hit's score/position if specific field is empty?

[aine-etke]

Hello,

Is there a way to lower hit's score when a specific field is empty?
Boosting won't help here, because that specific field is not searchable, but it is returned as part of the search results

[abhinavdangeti]

@etkecc Boosting the subquery is the way to go about this. Would you share your exact query so we can get a better idea at what you're attempting.

[aine-etke]

Not sure how to boost empty field

Here is query builder: https://gitlab.com/etke.cc/mrs/api/-/blob/main/services/search.go?ref_type=heads#L183

Here is index mapping: https://gitlab.com/etke.cc/mrs/api/-/blob/main/repository/search/bleve.go?ref_type=heads#L57

Here is model used for index: https://gitlab.com/etke.cc/mrs/api/-/blob/main/model/search.go?ref_type=heads#L4

Example query (ui): https://matrixrooms.info/search/?q=Matrix%20Hosting

The question is: how to lower score of an Entry where Alias is empty