# \_suggest suggestion/question **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 17, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-suggest-suggestion-question/19311 "2014-08-17T10:02:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-suggest-suggestion-question/19311/1 "2014-08-17T10:02:37Z")
My reading, which may not be accurate, of this [1] clear and concise post, is that it is not possible to use a reference to an existing field as an argument to a suggestor's 'input' or 'payload' fields. Please would you clarify if I have missed something? If I was correct, would it be much work to add these features? TIA Lee [1] [http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/you-complete-me/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/you-complete-me/) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vineeth_mohan_2/32/747_2.png) [@vineeth\_mohan\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vineeth_mohan_2)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2014, 11:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-suggest-suggestion-question/19311/2 "2014-08-17T11:04:07Z")
Hello Lee , You will need to use context suggester for this purpose - > **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)** > > Power insights and outcomes with the Elasticsearch Platform and AI. See into your data and find answers that matter with enterprise solutions designed to help you build, observe, and protect. Try Elasticsearch free today. Also this difference stems from the fact that , both actual data and auto completion data are stored in different data structures. This is to make sure that the auto completion data is memory resident and thus super fast. Thanks Vineeth On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Lee Gee [leegee@gmail.com](mailto:leegee@gmail.com) wrote: > My reading, which may not be accurate, of this [1] clear and concise post, > is that it is not possible to use a reference to an existing field as an > argument to a suggestor's 'input' or 'payload' fields. > > Please would you clarify if I have missed something? > > If I was correct, would it be much work to add these features? > > TIA > Lee > > [1] [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/you-complete-me/) > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3DeUSAokeXMu2kr49kQJqdX3v9ac4Lvb%3D-fvOh5VYKWhw%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGdPd5%3DeUSAokeXMu2kr49kQJqdX3v9ac4Lvb%3D-fvOh5VYKWhw%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Lee\_Gee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/lee_gee/32/1217_2.png) [@Lee\_Gee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Lee_Gee)\ **Post date:** [August 26, 2014, 1:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-suggest-suggestion-question/19311/3 "2014-08-26T13:13:52Z")
Thank you, Vineeth. On Sunday, August 17, 2014 12:04:20 PM UTC+1, vineeth mohan wrote: > Hello Lee , > > You will need to use context suggester for this purpose - > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/suggester-context.html) > > Also this difference stems from the fact that , both actual data and auto > completion data are stored in different data structures. > This is to make sure that the auto completion data is memory resident and > thus super fast. > > Thanks > Vineeth > > On Sun, Aug 17, 2014 at 3:32 PM, Lee Gee \<[lee...@gmail.com](mailto:lee...@gmail.com) \\> > wrote: > > > My reading, which may not be accurate, of this [1] clear and concise > > post, > > is that it is not possible to use a reference to an existing field as an > > argument to a suggestor's 'input' or 'payload' fields. > > > > Please would you clarify if I have missed something? > > > > If I was correct, would it be much work to add these features? > > > > TIA > > Lee > > > > [1] [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/you-complete-me/) > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > > email to [elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearc...@googlegroups.com) \. > > To view this discussion on the web visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com) > > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/2367a474-f47b-43ae-bad0-7326256dec60%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9ea51925-5ef8-48f3-8960-e5462e112713%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/9ea51925-5ef8-48f3-8960-e5462e112713%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-suggest-suggestion-question/19311/4 "2017-07-06T01:06:23Z")