Possibility to sort NewsPages by updated date and other pages by

Possibility to sort NewsPages by updated date and other pages by score in one list of results

Suha Alshami

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Hi,

Is there a way to sort NewsPages by updated date and other pages by score in the same results list, So that the oldest newpages get the lowest sort in the list ?

This is how my query looks like:

var query = querySearch
.UsingUnifiedWeights(GetWeightsValues())
.WithAndAsDefaultOperator()
.UsingSynonyms()
.ApplyBestBets()
.BoostMatching(x => x.MatchType(typeof(ContactPage)), 1.5d)
.BoostMatching(x => x.MatchType(typeof(ProgrammePage)), 1.5d)
.BoostMatching(x => x.MatchType(typeof(CoursePage)), 1.5d)

Thank you in advance!

/Suha

#230632

Nov 10, 2020 8:50

Daniel Ovaska

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Checked out auto boosting?

https://world.episerver.com/documentation/Items/Developers-Guide/EPiServer-Find/11/DotNET-Client-API/Searching/auto-boosting/

searchResult = client.Search<BlogPost>()
    .For("Banana")
    .UsingAutoBoost(TimeSpan.FromDays(14))
    .GetResult();

That will increase hits from newly published at least. It will be applied to all page types though so might be an issue. Otherwise boosting news article from last x days might be another option? Similar to this:

var searchResult = client.Search<Car>()
    .For("Volvo")
    .BoostMatching(x => x.InStock.Match(true), 1.5)
    .BoostMatching(x => x.SalesMargin.GreaterThan(0.2), 1.5)
    .GetResult();

#230633

Nov 10, 2020 9:06

Suha Alshami

Vote:

Hi Daniel,

Yes, I have tried autoboosting, it didn't work as I wanted..

I didnt quit understand the second exemple:

.BoostMatching(x => x.SalesMargin.GreaterThan(0.2), 1.5)

If I want to sort newspages after SearchPublishDate , so my oldest news rankes low in my list, how to do it with boosting ?

#230635

Nov 10, 2020 9:22

Daniel Ovaska

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Ok too bad. With boost filters my idea was that if you boost the last month worth of news pages a little you will increase the probability of them ending up on top. Otherwise I can't see any other option than having a secondary search functionality just for news and displaying them separately. You can easily sort them by publication date

https://world.episerver.com/documentation/Items/Developers-Guide/EPiServer-Find/11/DotNET-Client-API/Searching/Sorting/

Tricky to support both sorting by relevance and sorting some specific pages by date in the same result. Not sure that is possible? Maybe someone else knows?

#230636

Nov 10, 2020 9:32

Suha Alshami

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Alright, maybe I can get around it if I make the oldest newspages have the lowest score, like this.

So that the Newspages that are older then 2 years get a low score and ranks down the list, but what is the lowest score that I can use ?

Is my following code useable ?

.BoostMatching(x=>x.MatchType(typeof(NewsPage)) & x.SearchPublishDate.LessThan(DateTime.Now.AddYears(-2)),0.01d)

#230639

Nov 10, 2020 10:48

Daniel Ovaska

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Yeah I would go with something like that. Easy and gets the job done good enough.

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Nov 10, 2020 12:23

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Possibility to sort NewsPages by updated date and other pages by score in one list of results