# Getting Error while executing query String in Elasticsearch 6.1.1

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 20, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669 "2018-02-20T14:53:57Z")\
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**Author:** ![rakhirajpoot18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rakhirajpoot18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakhirajpoot18)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/1 "2018-02-20T14:53:57Z")

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"query": {  
"query\_string": {  
"query": "_herbal hills muslihills, 60 capsules_",  
"fields": ["br\_nm^1.0", "c\_nm^1.0", "fullName^1.0", "kp\_\*^1.0"],  
"type": "best\_fields",  
"default\_operator": "or",  
"max\_determinized\_states": 10000,  
"enable\_position\_increments": true,  
"fuzziness": "AUTO",  
"fuzzy\_prefix\_length": 0,  
"fuzzy\_max\_expansions": 50,  
"phrase\_slop": 0,  
"escape": false,  
"auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query": true,  
"fuzzy\_transpositions": true,  
"boost": 1.0  
}  
},

Error:  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "[query\_string] query does not support [auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query]",  
"line": 1,  
"col": 431  
}  
],  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "[query\_string] query does not support [auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query]",  
"line": 1,  
"col": 431  
},  
"status": 400  
}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/2 "2018-02-20T18:01:08Z")

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What is unclear in the error message?

```auto
[query_string] query does not support [auto_generate_synonyms_phrase_query]

```

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**Author:** ![rakhirajpoot18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rakhirajpoot18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakhirajpoot18)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 6:22pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/3 "2018-02-20T18:22:21Z")

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Those fields are available in MultimatchQueryBuilder class,

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2018, 7:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/4 "2018-02-20T19:25:29Z")

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Which client version? What does your `pom.xml` looks like?

Which server version? What gives `GET /`?

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**Author:** ![rakhirajpoot18](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@rakhirajpoot18](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rakhirajpoot18)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 5:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/5 "2018-02-21T05:40:06Z")

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I am using Elasticsearch 6.1.1,

pom.xml  
  
org.elasticsearch  
elasticsearch  
6.1.1  
  
  
  
org.elasticsearch.client  
transport  
6.1.1

```
	>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>..

```

using tomcat 8.5

> > > > > > > > > >

"auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query" and  
automatically generated for multi terms synonyms. Defaults to true

and getting the error while execiting the code

"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "[query\_string] query does not support [auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query]",  
"line": 1,  
"col": 431  
}  
],  
"type": "parsing\_exception",  
"reason": "[query\_string] query does not support [auto\_generate\_synonyms\_phrase\_query]",  
"line": 1,  
"col": 431  
},  
"status": 400  
}

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 21, 2018, 7:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/6 "2018-02-21T07:51:59Z")

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Please format your code, logs or configuration files using `</>` icon as explained in [this guide](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21) and not the citation button. It will make your post more readable.

Or use markdown style like:

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There's a live preview panel for exactly this reasons.

Lots of people read these forums, and many of them will simply skip over a post that is difficult to read, because it's just too large an investment of their time to try and follow a wall of badly formatted text.  
If your goal is to get an answer to your questions, it's in your interest to make it as easy to read and understand as possible.  
Please update your post.

Also answer the second question please.

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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:** [March 21, 2018, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-error-while-executing-query-string-in-elasticsearch-6-1-1/120669/7 "2018-03-21T07:52:28Z")

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