# Full text search : search phrase in text **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 27, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136 "2013-05-27T12:39:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![tarang\_dawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@tarang\_dawer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarang_dawer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136/1 "2013-05-27T12:39:16Z")
Hi i am using elasticsearch for storing some text fields. while using white space tokenizer , the text is divided into tokens based on the white space separation between them , and is searchable by token based search only . but , m not able to do some phrase search , like i am indexing , " ELASTIC SERVER FULL TEXT SEARCH" i am able to search for any of the tokens in the above text , but not on any continuous phrase like, "ELASTIC SERVER" . which , analyzer(tokenizer /tokenfilter) combination should be used to search for a phrase in the full text search. Could somebody please help me resolve the issue ? Thanks Tarang Dawer -- 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:** ![tarang\_dawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@tarang\_dawer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarang_dawer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136/2 "2013-05-27T15:30:02Z")
i have tried using the field query , but it returns results based on token match , like for example , i have documents like "1. THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH" "ELASTICSEARCH IS AWESOME" if i search for IS ELASTICSEARCH , both of my documents are returned as a search hit . is there some way , or elasticsearch/lucene stores/maintains a certain positioning or ordering system , so that only THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH is returned ? Also please suggest tokenizer/analyzer for the document , to be searchable in this way ? Thanks Tarang Dawer On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi > i am using elasticsearch for storing some text fields. > while using white space tokenizer , the text is divided into tokens based > on the white space separation between them , and is searchable by token > based search only . > > but , m not able to do some phrase search , like i am indexing , > " ELASTIC SERVER FULL TEXT SEARCH" > i am able to search for any of the tokens in the above text , but not on > any continuous phrase like, "ELASTIC SERVER" . > > which , analyzer(tokenizer /tokenfilter) combination should be used to > search for a phrase in the full text search. > Could somebody please help me resolve the issue ? > > Thanks > Tarang Dawer -- 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:** ![mattweber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattweber/32/44940_2.png) [@mattweber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattweber)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 3:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136/3 "2013-05-27T15:44:07Z")
There are quite a few options but the easiest is to use the Match phrase query: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/match-query/) Thanks, Matt Weber On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > i have tried using the field query , but it returns results based on token > match , > like for example , i have documents like "1. THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH" > "ELASTICSEARCH IS AWESOME" > > if i search for IS ELASTICSEARCH , both of my documents are returned as a > search hit . > > is there some way , or elasticsearch/lucene stores/maintains a certain > positioning or ordering system , so that only THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH is > returned ? > > Also please suggest tokenizer/analyzer for the document , to be searchable > in this way ? > > Thanks > Tarang Dawer > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > > > Hi > > i am using elasticsearch for storing some text fields. > > while using white space tokenizer , the text is divided into tokens based > > on the white space separation between them , and is searchable by token > > based search only . > > > > but , m not able to do some phrase search , like i am indexing , > > " ELASTIC SERVER FULL TEXT SEARCH" > > i am able to search for any of the tokens in the above text , but not on > > any continuous phrase like, "ELASTIC SERVER" . > > > > which , analyzer(tokenizer /tokenfilter) combination should be used to > > search for a phrase in the full text search. > > Could somebody please help me resolve the issue ? > > > > Thanks > > Tarang Dawer > > -- > 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:** ![tarang\_dawer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@tarang\_dawer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarang_dawer)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136/4 "2013-05-27T16:05:17Z")
Hi Matt Thanks for the speedy response . i 'll go through the link you provided , and get back to you could you also please elaborate the "other options" ? Thanks Tarang Dawer On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Matt Weber [matt.weber@gmail.com](mailto:matt.weber@gmail.com) wrote: > There are quite a few options but the easiest is to use the Match phrase > query: > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/match-query/) > > Thanks, > Matt Weber > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > > > i have tried using the field query , but it returns results based on > > token match , > > like for example , i have documents like "1. THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH" > > "ELASTICSEARCH IS AWESOME" > > > > if i search for IS ELASTICSEARCH , both of my documents are returned as a > > search hit . > > > > is there some way , or elasticsearch/lucene stores/maintains a certain > > positioning or ordering system , so that only THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH is > > returned ? > > > > Also please suggest tokenizer/analyzer for the document , to be > > searchable in this way ? > > > > Thanks > > Tarang Dawer > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > Hi > > > i am using elasticsearch for storing some text fields. > > > while using white space tokenizer , the text is divided into tokens > > > based on the white space separation between them , and is searchable by > > > token based search only . > > > > > > but , m not able to do some phrase search , like i am indexing , > > > " ELASTIC SERVER FULL TEXT SEARCH" > > > i am able to search for any of the tokens in the above text , but not on > > > any continuous phrase like, "ELASTIC SERVER" . > > > > > > which , analyzer(tokenizer /tokenfilter) combination should be used to > > > search for a phrase in the full text search. > > > Could somebody please help me resolve the issue ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Tarang Dawer > > > > -- > > 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). -- 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:** ![mattweber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mattweber/32/44940_2.png) [@mattweber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mattweber)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2013, 4:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/full-text-search-search-phrase-in-text/12136/5 "2013-05-28T16:05:45Z")
You can use a QueryStringQuery with a quoted phrase in the query string or you can enable the auto\_generate\_phrase\_queries option. There are some indexing techniques using Shingles as well but that is overkill for what you want to do. Thanks, Matt Weber On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > Hi Matt > Thanks for the speedy response . i 'll go through the link you provided , > and get back to you > could you also please elaborate the "other options" ? > > Thanks > Tarang Dawer > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Matt Weber [matt.weber@gmail.com](mailto:matt.weber@gmail.com) wrote: > > > There are quite a few options but the easiest is to use the Match phrase > > query: > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/match-query/) > > > > Thanks, > > Matt Weber > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 8:30 AM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > i have tried using the field query , but it returns results based on > > > token match , > > > like for example , i have documents like "1. THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH" > > > "ELASTICSEARCH IS AWESOME" > > > > > > if i search for IS ELASTICSEARCH , both of my documents are returned as > > > a search hit . > > > > > > is there some way , or elasticsearch/lucene stores/maintains a certain > > > positioning or ordering system , so that only THIS IS ELASTICSEARCH is > > > returned ? > > > > > > Also please suggest tokenizer/analyzer for the document , to be > > > searchable in this way ? > > > > > > Thanks > > > Tarang Dawer > > > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Tarang Dawer [tarang.dawer@gmail.com](mailto:tarang.dawer@gmail.com)wrote: > > > > > > > Hi > > > > i am using elasticsearch for storing some text fields. > > > > while using white space tokenizer , the text is divided into tokens > > > > based on the white space separation between them , and is searchable by > > > > token based search only . > > > > > > > > but , m not able to do some phrase search , like i am indexing , > > > > " ELASTIC SERVER FULL TEXT SEARCH" > > > > i am able to search for any of the tokens in the above text , but not > > > > on any continuous phrase like, "ELASTIC SERVER" . > > > > > > > > which , analyzer(tokenizer /tokenfilter) combination should be used to > > > > search for a phrase in the full text search. > > > > Could somebody please help me resolve the issue ? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > Tarang Dawer > > > > > > -- > > > 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). > > -- > 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). ---
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