[Wactclc-alma] [EXT] Blending Configuration - Deboost Central Index!

[Guidry, Wade]

The blending configuration will only impact the 'Everything' scope. But I'm guessing that's where you're already testing.

One thing you can do is drop the "Boost records with a score" setting in the local blending from medium to low.

This will tell Primo to boost local results that it have been binned to the "low" relevance bucket.

Doing so can help boost your local materials up higher in searches where you don't have strong local representation, at least by Primo standards.

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Wade Guidry
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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu> On Behalf Of Staley, Laura
Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2019 1:26 PM
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Subject: Re: [Wactclc-alma] [EXT] Blending Configuration - Deboost Central Index!

I've been working on this at RTC, and have been unable to significantly alter the results we are getting from Primo.

I tested separately with the terms "water purification" and "child development".  I changed the boost factor of the local collection from 10 to 75.  I kept the de-boost factor of the Central index at .8.

Is it possible that the definition of my scopes is interfering in this?  Or?

Thanks,

Laura


Laura Staley
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From: Wactclc-alma <wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu<mailto:wactclc-alma-bounces at lists.ctc.edu>> On Behalf Of Kun, Lily
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 11:58 AM
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Subject: [EXT] [Wactclc-alma] Blending Configuration - Deboost Central Index!

Following up on our conversation from this morning's meeting, I discovered that I could blend my results better when I deboosted the Central Index instead of boosting my Local records. My deboost factor is 0.8 - this allows my physical items to float to the first page and start to have CI items on the second page.

Lily
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