--- title: "Knowledge Base Priority · AssistantGeneral" description: "Give every knowledge base a weight from 0 to 1: switch a source off, rank it below your own files or level with them, with a separate bar for outside stores." url: "https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/database-priority/" source: "https://royalsoftworks.com" format: "markdown" note: "Markdown rendering of the HTML page at `url`. Same content, same canonical URL." --- Features · Your documents # Decide which sources count most. Give every knowledge base a weight from 0 to 1: switch a source off, rank it below your own files or level with them, with a separate bar for outside stores. [Editions](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/editions/): Pro, Enterprise and Government. ## Database priority, feature by feature Each comes with a small drawing of how it works. They are diagrams, not screenshots; numbers in them are examples. - ### A weight on every source Each extra database and each collection carries a weight from 0 to 1. At 1 it stands level with your own documents; lower, it ranks below them. Diagram: Example weights: your files 1.0, a Qdrant store 0.6, a Chroma store 0.3, a SQLite file 0 (switched off). - ### Off without deleting A weight of 0 keeps a source configured but out of every search, ready to switch back on. Scale from 0 · off to 1 · equal, set at “Kept, not searched”. - ### Fair before weighted Each source's scores are evened out first, so a store that reports bigger numbers does not win by default. Then the weight applies, and the same ranking model re-reads the result. Diagram: Scores → Even out → × weight → Re-rank. - ### A separate bar for outside stores Set one minimum relevance for your main knowledge base and another for collections and extra databases. Diagram: Example: one minimum relevance for your knowledge base, a lower one for outside stores. - ### Fresher first, when it matters Recency can add its own gentle weight by date, with a half-life you choose. Timeline (The boost halves each half-life): Today, 1 half-life, 2 half-lives, Older. - ### Kept out of chat A collection can stay out of everyday chat search entirely, for material you only want on request. Diagram: A collection kept out of everyday chat search, still searched on request. - ### The administrator's list comes first A source an administrator has not allowed is never searched, whatever its weight. Diagram: IT's list → Then the weights → Results. - ### Changes apply at once New weights and relevance bars take effect on the next question, without a restart. Diagram: New weight → Next question → Uses it. ## Goes well with - [Extra databases](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/extra-databases/) - [Collections](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/knowledge-collections/) - [Document search](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/document-search/) [Previous Extra databases](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/extra-databases/) [Next Search models](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/embedding-models/) [All 31 feature classes](https://royalsoftworks.com/products/assistant-general/features/)