Now a "String" can be either (or both) a "Text" or "Keyword" type. If it's "text", then Elastic can do a full text search on it. If it's "keyword", then Elastic can do structured search on it. Which one takes less of a toll in memory? I would assume keyword but I have no clue whether Elastic is p…

If you want to search for exact match, I'd probably use a text type with a keyword analyzer. If you want to do sorting, aggregations in addition, I'd use a keyword datatype instead. My 2 cents

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dadoonet (David Pilato) June 27, 2018, 3:59am 4

Please see Text VS Keyword

It'd have been better to keep the discussion in the same thread as it's totally related IMO.

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