Define equivalent weights for fields marked as searchableAttribute

[gmourier]

Hey 👋,

Currently, the fields described in the searchableAttributes settings cannot have the same weight.

1. If * is defined (this is the default value), fields are weighted by their position in the first indexed document. So if title appears before description, title will be more important at search time.
2. If fields are defined, they can't have the same weight; The more the field is located on the left side of the array the more important it is and so on.

Meilisearch could incorporate the ability to have fields that weigh exactly the same to gain versatility in search results relevancy tweaking.

e.g.

{
     "searchableAttributes": [
               "title", 
               ["description", "detailed_description"]
     ]
}

In this example title is more important than description and detailed_description but description and detailed_description have the exact same weight.

Would you be interested in seeing this capability introduced to Meilisearch? We would like to know more about your needs.

Leave a comment explaining your use case!

Thank you 🙏