# Difference between search\_as\_you\_type datatype and using ngrams

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-search-as-you-type-datatype-and-using-ngrams/205593>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 29, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-search-as-you-type-datatype-and-using-ngrams/205593 "2019-10-29T06:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\
**Post date:** [October 29, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-search-as-you-type-datatype-and-using-ngrams/205593/1 "2019-10-29T06:00:49Z")

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Hi,  
I wonder what difference does it make by using search\_as\_you\_type when i am already using ngram/edge\_ngram tokenizers.  
does search\_as\_you\_type improvise the indexing performance?  
whats the difference between them?

Thanks  
-Mohan

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 26, 2019, 6:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/difference-between-search-as-you-type-datatype-and-using-ngrams/205593/2 "2019-11-26T06:00:52Z")

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Closed on November 26, 2019, 6:00am UTC

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