# Case Insensitive Search/Sort by Keyword field
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 16, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260 "2018-04-16T23:11:39Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Xiaoping](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Xiaoping)
#### Post date: [April 16, 2018, 11:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260/1 "2018-04-16T23:11:39Z")
We have a use case to support case insensitive sort on certain fields of keyword type. It seems the general practice is to use normalizer on keyword fields. However, a coworker is concerned that, per ElasticSearch online documentation, normalized is a beta feature and subject to change, and so should be avoided.
My questions are:
1. Will support for normalizer leave the beta status and become a GA feature in a near future release?
2. If normalizer is not used, what's the alternative to support case-insensitive search/sort on a keyword field?
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260/2 "2018-04-17T05:04:03Z")
I believe this feature is pretty much stable. @jpountz could share his thoughts though.
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### Author:  [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)
#### Post date: [April 17, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260/3 "2018-04-17T06:42:44Z")
> [@Xiaoping](#):
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> Will support for normalizer leave the beta status and become a GA feature in a near future release?
We haven't decided yet. We will likely keep a way to normalize keywords, only the way to do it may change and we'll do our best to make the transition easy.
> [@Xiaoping](#):
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> If normalizer is not used, what's the alternative to support case-insensitive search/sort on a keyword field?
The alternative is to lowercase the keyword on client-side before putting it into the `_source`. Or potentially automate it with an ingest processor.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2018, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/case-insensitive-search-sort-by-keyword-field/128260/4 "2018-05-15T06:42:47Z")
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