Solr docs state that filter queries, unlike the main query, do not influence the document score. What does this mean exactly, preferably with an example.
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Solr docs state that filter queries, unlike the main query, do not influence the document score. What does this mean exactly, preferably with an example.
A FilterQuery ONLY stores document IDS. This makes it very fast to apply the filter to include/exclude documents. Good examples of this are when filtering products from search based on Country, Product Type, Availability, etc.
A normal query can perform the exact same function, but it has a very complex scoring system to determine “relevance”. I believe the documentation is indicating that scoring is only done on the Main Query, not on the Filter Query. This should also increase query speed.
So, I can query for:
Or I can query for:
The results would be the same, but the scores would be different. Also, if you get many different queries throughout the day that are for
productType:Toilet, the FilterQuery would be cached making the overall query time faster.