# Define analyzer globally **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 5, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-analyzer-globally/12283 "2013-06-05T16:20:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dp\_desoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dp\_desoma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dp_desoma)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-analyzer-globally/12283/1 "2013-06-05T16:20:56Z")
Hi, I'm using version 0.90.0. I need/want to define my custom analyzers globally. therefore I edited the configuration file of ES (elasticsearch.yml) according to this answer: Can I customize Elastic Search to use my own Stop Word list?[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458)the relevant entries are index.analysis.analyzer.angram: type: custom tokenizer: standard filter: standard, lowercase, fngram index.analysis.filter.fngram: type: nGram min\_gram: 2 max\_gram: 10 but when I try to invoke curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/\_analyze?analyzer=angram' -d 'this is a test' I get an ElasticSearchIllegalARgumentException[failed to find analyzer [angram]]. is the configuration wrong? (although I'd expect ES to not start-up when encountered an error when reading the configuration during start-up) how do I correctly define an analyzer globally? Thanks for your time. BR, dp PS: I asked the question @ stackoverflow as well ([http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16913073/define-analyzer-globally-es](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16913073/define-analyzer-globally-es)) PPS: I found that viewing of all settings is not yet possible (but an issue was created here: [https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738)[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738) ) which would be nice to double-check. -- 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-analyzer-globally/12283/2 "2013-06-05T16:24:06Z")
You cannot use a custom analyzer until it is referenced by an index. You would need to create a mapping that uses the analyzer and then use that index in the analyzer call. There is no need to index any documents to that index. curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_SOMEINDEX_/\_analyze?analyzer=angram' -- Ivan On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:20 AM, [dp.desoma@gmail.com](mailto:dp.desoma@gmail.com) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using version 0.90.0. > > I need/want to define my custom analyzers globally. therefore I edited the > configuration file of ES (elasticsearch.yml) according to this answer: Can > I customize Elastic Search to use my own Stop Word list?[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458)the relevant entries are > > index.analysis.analyzer.angram: > type: custom > tokenizer: standard > filter: standard, lowercase, fngram > index.analysis.filter.fngram: > type: nGram > min\_gram: 2 > max\_gram: 10 > > but when I try to invoke curl -XGET > 'localhost:9200/\_analyze?analyzer=angram' -d 'this is a test' I get an ElasticSearchIllegalARgumentException[failed > to find analyzer [angram]]. > > is the configuration wrong? (although I'd expect ES to not start-up when > encountered an error when reading the configuration during start-up) > > how do I correctly define an analyzer globally? > > Thanks for your time. > > BR, dp > PS: I asked the question @ stackoverflow as well ( > [elasticsearch - define analyzer globally (ES) - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16913073/define-analyzer-globally-es)) > PPS: I found that viewing of all settings is not yet possible (but an > issue was created here: h > ttps://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738) ) > which would be nice to double-check. > > -- > 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). > 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). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![dp\_desoma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ccd318/32.png) [@dp\_desoma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dp_desoma)\ **Post date:** [June 5, 2013, 4:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-analyzer-globally/12283/3 "2013-06-05T16:56:23Z")
Thank you! On Wednesday, June 5, 2013 6:24:06 PM UTC+2, Ivan Brusic wrote: > You cannot use a custom analyzer until it is referenced by an index. You > would need to create a mapping that uses the analyzer and then use that > index in the analyzer call. There is no need to index any documents to that > index. > > curl -XGET 'localhost:9200/_SOMEINDEX_/\_analyze?analyzer=angram' > > -- > Ivan > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 9:20 AM, \<[dp.d...@gmail.com](mailto:dp.d...@gmail.com) \\> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I'm using version 0.90.0. > > > > I need/want to define my custom analyzers globally. therefore I edited > > the configuration file of ES (elasticsearch.yml) according to this answer: Can > > I customize Elastic Search to use my own Stop Word list?[http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4927629/can-i-customize-elastic-search-to-use-my-own-stop-word-list/13012458#13012458)the relevant entries are > > > > index.analysis.analyzer.angram: > > type: custom > > tokenizer: standard > > filter: standard, lowercase, fngram > > index.analysis.filter.fngram: > > type: nGram > > min\_gram: 2 > > max\_gram: 10 > > > > but when I try to invoke curl -XGET > > 'localhost:9200/\_analyze?analyzer=angram' -d 'this is a test' I get an ElasticSearchIllegalARgumentException[failed > > to find analyzer [angram]]. > > > > is the configuration wrong? (although I'd expect ES to not start-up when > > encountered an error when reading the configuration during start-up) > > > > how do I correctly define an analyzer globally? > > > > Thanks for your time. > > > > BR, dp > > PS: I asked the question @ stackoverflow as well ( > > [elasticsearch - define analyzer globally (ES) - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16913073/define-analyzer-globally-es)) > > PPS: I found that viewing of all settings is not yet possible (but an > > issue was created here: h > > ttps://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738[https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/2738) ) > > which would be nice to double-check. > > > > -- > > 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) \. > > 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). 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, 2:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/define-analyzer-globally/12283/4 "2017-07-06T02:32:43Z")