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Nithishkumar K R
Nithishkumar K R

Reputation: 161

What can be the least score in elastic search?

The _search API in the elastic search provides the results document with positive scores. What can be the least score in a set of documents other than zero?

This can be helpful to use the min_score parameter to avoid the documents without non-zero score results.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 279

Answers (1)

Paulo
Paulo

Reputation: 10346

Tldr;

Score in elasticsearch has to be a positive 32-bit floating point. As per the documentation

In Elasticsearch, all document scores are positive 32-bit floating point numbers.

If the script_score function produces a score with greater precision, it is converted to the nearest 32-bit float.

Similarly, scores must be non-negative. Otherwise, Elasticsearch returns an e

So it can go quite low

Floating Point Largest value Smallest value1
32-bit Float 3.4028237 × 1038 1.175494 × 10-38

Upvotes: 2

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