Converting from 2.x to 5.x: "type": "string", "index": "no" -- use type or keyword?

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I know that in elasticsearch 5, the string field is no more. From this blog post: https://www.elastic.co/blog/strings-are-dead-long-live-strings I understand when to use text and when to use keyword when "index": "analyzed" or "index": "not_analyzed".

But what should we use when "type": "string", "index": "no"? Does it matter?

Thanks.

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Hi,

If you want to aggregate or sort by the field, I think the "keyword" datatype is better because of "doc_values": true by default.
If not, maybe either is fine.

mnozawa

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I'd use text in that case with index: false

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index.html

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Thanks to both of you for your replies -- appreciate it! I decided to consistently use keyword in the end.

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