You can boost the relevance level of matching documents based on the terms found. To boost a term use the caret, “^”, symbol with a boost factor (a number) at the end of the term you are searching. The higher the boost factor, the more relevant the term will be. For example, if you are searching for “calculate speed” and you want the term “calculate” to be more relevant, you would type:
calculate^4 speed |
You can also boost Phrase Terms as in the example:
"learning object"^4 "learning federation" |
By default, the boost factor is 1 and although the boost factor must be positive, it can be less than 1 (e.g. 0.2)