# AutoComplete **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 17, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295 "2014-01-17T13:15:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![paul1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paul1/32/46819_2.png) [@paul1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 1:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295/1 "2014-01-17T13:15:16Z")
Hi I am trying out auto-complete below is my mapping { "settings":{ "analysis":{ "filter":{ "syns\_filter":{ "synonyms\_path":"synonyms/synonym\_country.txt", "type":"synonym", "ignore\_case":true }, "my\_edgeNgram":{ "type":"edgeNGram", "min\_gram":3, "max\_gram":10 } }, "analyzer":{ "autocomplete":{ "type":"custom", "tokenizer":"standard", "filter":[ "standard", "lowercase", "syns\_filter", "stop", "my\_edgeNgram" ] } }, "mappings":{ "autotest":{ "properties":{ "name":{ "type":"string", "analyzer":"autocomplete" } } } } } } } When i Type "Massachusett" I get the list of colleges That has "Massachusetts" in there name like "Massachusetts Bay Community College" "Middlesex Community College - Massachusetts" "Springfield College - Massachusetts" "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" "Massachusetts School of Barbering" But i want the college names that start with "Massachusetts" to come on top I even tried ngram but still same behavior Regards Paul -- 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/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Amit\_Soni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c0e974/32.png) [@Amit\_Soni](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Amit_Soni)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2014, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295/2 "2014-01-17T18:40:37Z")
did you try n-gram or edge n-gram? -Amit. On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:15 AM, paul [avinashpaul85@gmail.com](mailto:avinashpaul85@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi I am trying out auto-complete below is my mapping > > { > "settings":{ > "analysis":{ > "filter":{ > "syns\_filter":{ > "synonyms\_path":"synonyms/synonym\_country.txt", > "type":"synonym", > "ignore\_case":true > }, > "my\_edgeNgram":{ > "type":"edgeNGram", > "min\_gram":3, > "max\_gram":10 > } > }, > "analyzer":{ > "autocomplete":{ > "type":"custom", > "tokenizer":"standard", > "filter":[ > "standard", > "lowercase", > "syns\_filter", > "stop", > "my\_edgeNgram" > ] > } > }, > "mappings":{ > "autotest":{ > "properties":{ > "name":{ > "type":"string", > "analyzer":"autocomplete" > } > } > } > } > } > } > } > > When i Type "Massachusett" > > I get the list of colleges That has "Massachusetts" in there name like > > "Massachusetts Bay Community College" > "Middlesex Community College - Massachusetts" > "Springfield College - Massachusetts" > "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" > "Massachusetts School of Barbering" > > But i want the college names that start with "Massachusetts" to come on > top > I even tried ngram but still same behavior > > Regards > Paul > > -- > 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/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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/CAAOGaQKLh2\_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAAOGaQKLh2_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![paul1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paul1/32/46819_2.png) [@paul1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2014, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295/3 "2014-01-18T11:55:34Z")
Tried both I also have synonymous in my mapping is that causing the problem On 18 Jan 2014 00:11, "Amit Soni" [amitsoni29@gmail.com](mailto:amitsoni29@gmail.com) wrote: > did you try n-gram or edge n-gram? > > -Amit. > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:15 AM, paul [avinashpaul85@gmail.com](mailto:avinashpaul85@gmail.com) wrote: > > > Hi I am trying out auto-complete below is my mapping > > > > { > > "settings":{ > > "analysis":{ > > "filter":{ > > "syns\_filter":{ > > "synonyms\_path":"synonyms/synonym\_country.txt", > > "type":"synonym", > > "ignore\_case":true > > }, > > "my\_edgeNgram":{ > > "type":"edgeNGram", > > "min\_gram":3, > > "max\_gram":10 > > } > > }, > > "analyzer":{ > > "autocomplete":{ > > "type":"custom", > > "tokenizer":"standard", > > "filter":[ > > "standard", > > "lowercase", > > "syns\_filter", > > "stop", > > "my\_edgeNgram" > > ] > > } > > }, > > "mappings":{ > > "autotest":{ > > "properties":{ > > "name":{ > > "type":"string", > > "analyzer":"autocomplete" > > } > > } > > } > > } > > } > > } > > } > > > > When i Type "Massachusett" > > > > I get the list of colleges That has "Massachusetts" in there name like > > > > "Massachusetts Bay Community College" > > "Middlesex Community College - Massachusetts" > > "Springfield College - Massachusetts" > > "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" > > "Massachusetts School of Barbering" > > > > But i want the college names that start with "Massachusetts" to come on > > top > > I even tried ngram but still same behavior > > > > Regards > > Paul > > > > -- > > 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/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/seIEZxxPE-4/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/seIEZxxPE-4/unsubscribe). > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CAAOGaQKLh2\_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAAOGaQKLh2_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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/CAO066G257oLhzCsEpyMroMh2EbnJuxvOBtUr7wvnDOdBVqeQ1w%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAO066G257oLhzCsEpyMroMh2EbnJuxvOBtUr7wvnDOdBVqeQ1w%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![paul1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/paul1/32/46819_2.png) [@paul1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/paul1)\ **Post date:** [January 20, 2014, 5:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295/4 "2014-01-20T05:42:33Z")
I think if we can boos the results by word position we can solve this issue , Is there a way to boost the result by the position of the word occurred. -paul On Saturday, 18 January 2014 17:25:34 UTC+5:30, paul wrote: > Tried both I also have synonymous in my mapping is that causing the problem > On 18 Jan 2014 00:11, "Amit Soni" [amitsoni29@gmail.com](mailto:amitsoni29@gmail.com) wrote: > > > did you try n-gram or edge n-gram? > > > > -Amit. > > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 5:15 AM, paul [avinashpaul85@gmail.com](mailto:avinashpaul85@gmail.com) wrote: > > > > > Hi I am trying out auto-complete below is my mapping > > > > > > { > > > "settings":{ > > > "analysis":{ > > > "filter":{ > > > "syns\_filter":{ > > > "synonyms\_path":"synonyms/synonym\_country.txt", > > > "type":"synonym", > > > "ignore\_case":true > > > }, > > > "my\_edgeNgram":{ > > > "type":"edgeNGram", > > > "min\_gram":3, > > > "max\_gram":10 > > > } > > > }, > > > "analyzer":{ > > > "autocomplete":{ > > > "type":"custom", > > > "tokenizer":"standard", > > > "filter":[ > > > "standard", > > > "lowercase", > > > "syns\_filter", > > > "stop", > > > "my\_edgeNgram" > > > ] > > > } > > > }, > > > "mappings":{ > > > "autotest":{ > > > "properties":{ > > > "name":{ > > > "type":"string", > > > "analyzer":"autocomplete" > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > } > > > > > > When i Type "Massachusett" > > > > > > I get the list of colleges That has "Massachusetts" in there name like > > > > > > "Massachusetts Bay Community College" > > > "Middlesex Community College - Massachusetts" > > > "Springfield College - Massachusetts" > > > "Massachusetts Institute of Technology" > > > "Massachusetts School of Barbering" > > > > > > But i want the college names that start with "Massachusetts" to come on > > > top > > > I even tried ngram but still same behavior > > > > > > Regards > > > Paul > > > > > > -- > > > 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/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/a12674e4-ee39-4ce3-9ebc-af6f98263df4%40googlegroups.com) > > > . > > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > > Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. > > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > > [https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/seIEZxxPE-4/unsubscribe](https://groups.google.com/d/topic/elasticsearch/seIEZxxPE-4/unsubscribe). > > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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/CAAOGaQKLh2\_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAAOGaQKLh2_bX-o2W%3D4n9h3AEOSGMgf4y00w5p-ZTOEUOtG-kg%40mail.gmail.com) > > . > > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- 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/07f3f7ba-434c-40fd-a51a-c70309e5eb44%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/07f3f7ba-434c-40fd-a51a-c70309e5eb44%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 1:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/autocomplete/15295/5 "2017-07-06T01:55:57Z")