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Sorting Results by Weighted Query with Name & Distance

TLDR Vaibhav asked how to sort results by weighted query. Jason provided a solution, while Kishore Nallan clarified that aggregate scores based on weights are not possible.

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Vaibhav

05:29 AM

I want to sort my results by a weighted query with both name and distance using latitude and longitude. Any guidance on how to do this?

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Jason

05:32 AM

It would be something like:

sort_by: "name:asc,location(48.853, 2.344):asc"

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Jason

05:32 AM

However, this will only cause geo sorting to kick-in when name is a tie for a particular set of records. The geo sort will help break the tie

Vaibhav

05:48 AM

Is there a way I could weigh the results 50 50 through Typesense?

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Kishore Nallan

05:59 AM

That's not possible. Weights are used for tie breaking and setting relative important. We don't compute an aggregate score based on weights.

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