# Highlighting the wrong value

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 23, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831 "2012-08-23T15:02:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Oleg\_Ievtushok](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/oleg_ievtushok/32/2745_2.png) [@Oleg\_Ievtushok](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Oleg_Ievtushok)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2012, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/1 "2012-08-23T15:02:10Z")

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Hi everyone, I have the following scenario, where the wrong value is  
highlighted:

#!/bin/bash  
curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
curl -XPUT -d '{  
"doc" : {  
"\_source" : { "enabled" : false },  
"\_all" : { "enabled" : true },  
"\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" : "yes" },  
"properties" : {  
"text1" : {  
"country" : "string",  
"store" : "yes"  
},  
"file" : {  
"type" : "string",  
"store" : "yes"  
}  
}  
}  
}' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/_mapping)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Canada", "file": "some keyword here  
and there" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Italy", "file": "you should not  
highlight Canada" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "Brazil and France", "file": "whatever" }'  
[http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_refresh](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_refresh)  
curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_search?pretty=true) -d '{  
"query" : {  
"bool" : {  
"must" : [ {  
"field" : {  
"country" : "US Canada"  
}  
}, {  
"field" : {  
"file" : "keyword highlight"  
}  
} ]  
}  
},  
"highlight" : {  
"fields" : {  
"file" : {  
}  
}  
}  
}'

I was not expecting to get the "Canada" highlighted in the search result:  
"highlight" : {  
"file" : ["you should not _highlight_ _Canada_"]  
}

Is there any way to highlight only "highlight" word in this case?

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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:** [August 23, 2012, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/2 "2012-08-23T17:53:23Z")

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IMHO, highlighting process is applied at the end of the search process.  
That said, I suppose that highlight check for terms in file field. Terms is the full list of analyzed (or not) used in the query. (that's only a supposition as I did not look at the highlight code right now)

I'm curious of Elasticsearch gurus answers about this. Is it doable? Should Oleg open an issue for it?

--  
David 😉  
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs

Le 23 août 2012 à 17:02, Oleg Ievtushok [yevtushok@gmail.com](mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com) a écrit :

Hi everyone, I have the following scenario, where the wrong value is highlighted:

#!/bin/bash  
curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
curl -XPUT -d '{  
"doc" : {  
"\_source" : { "enabled" : false },  
"\_all" : { "enabled" : true },  
"\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" : "yes" },  
"properties" : {  
"text1" : {  
"country" : "string",  
"store" : "yes"  
},  
"file" : {  
"type" : "string",  
"store" : "yes"  
}  
}  
}  
}' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/_mapping)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Canada", "file": "some keyword here and there" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Italy", "file": "you should not highlight Canada" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "Brazil and France", "file": "whatever" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
curl -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_refresh](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_refresh)  
curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_search?pretty=true) -d '{  
"query" : {  
"bool" : {  
"must" : [ {  
"field" : {  
"country" : "US Canada"  
}  
}, {  
"field" : {  
"file" : "keyword highlight"  
}  
} ]  
}  
},  
"highlight" : {  
"fields" : {  
"file" : {  
}  
}  
}  
}'

I was not expecting to get the "Canada" highlighted in the search result:  
"highlight" : {  
"file" : ["you should not _highlight_ _Canada_"]  
}

## Is there any way to highlight only "highlight" word in this case?

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**Author:** ![phill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@phill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phill)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 5:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/3 "2012-08-29T17:11:23Z")

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"|require\_field\_match| can be set to |true| which will cause a field to  
be highlighted _only if a query matched that field_. |false| means that  
terms are highlighted on all requested fields regardless if the query  
matches specifically on them."

On 8/23/2012 10:53 AM, David Pilato wrote:

> IMHO, highlighting process is applied at the end of the search process.  
> That said, I suppose that highlight check for terms in file field.  
> Terms is the full list of analyzed (or not) used in the query. (that's  
> only a supposition as I did not look at the highlight code right now)
> 
> I'm curious of Elasticsearch gurus answers about this. Is it doable?  
> Should Oleg open an issue for it?
> 
> --  
> David 😉  
> Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs
> 
> Le 23 août 2012 à 17:02, Oleg Ievtushok \<[yevtushok@gmail.com](mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com)  
> [mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com](mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com)\> a écrit :
> 
> Hi everyone, I have the following scenario, where the wrong value is  
> highlighted:
> 
> #!/bin/bash  
> curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
> [http://localhost:9200/highlight'](http://localhost:9200/highlight%27)  
> curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)'  
> [http://localhost:9200/highlight'](http://localhost:9200/highlight%27)  
> curl -XPUT -d '{  
> "doc" : {  
> "\_source" : { "enabled" : false },  
> "\_all" : { "enabled" : true },  
> "\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" : "yes" },  
> "properties" : {  
> "text1" : {  
> "country" : "string",  
> "store" : "yes"  
> },  
> "file" : {  
> "type" : "string",  
> "store" : "yes"  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/_mapping)  
> curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Canada", "file": "some keyword  
> here and there" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Italy", "file": "you should not  
> highlight Canada" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "Brazil and France", "file": "whatever"  
> }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> curl -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_refresh](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_refresh)  
> curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_search?pretty=true) -d '{  
> "query" : {  
> "bool" : {  
> "must" : [ {  
> "field" : {  
> "country" : "US Canada"  
> }  
> }, {  
> "field" : {  
> "file" : "keyword highlight"  
> }  
> } ]  
> }  
> },  
> "highlight" : {  
> "fields" : {  
> "file" : {  
> }  
> }  
> }  
> }'
> 
> I was not expecting to get the "Canada" highlighted in the search result:  
> "highlight" : {  
> "file" : ["you should not _highlight_ _Canada_"]  
> }
> 
> Is there any way to highlight only "highlight" word in this case?

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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:** [August 29, 2012, 5:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/4 "2012-08-29T17:33:20Z")

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Thanks! Good to know!

--  
David 😉  
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs

Le 29 août 2012 à 19:12, "P. Hill" [parehill1@gmail.com](mailto:parehill1@gmail.com) a écrit :

> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/highlighting.html)
> 
> "|require\_field\_match| can be set to |true| which will cause a field to be highlighted _only if a query matched that field_. |false| means that terms are highlighted on all requested fields regardless if the query matches specifically on them."
> 
> On 8/23/2012 10:53 AM, David Pilato wrote:
> 
> > IMHO, highlighting process is applied at the end of the search process.  
> > That said, I suppose that highlight check for terms in file field. Terms is the full list of analyzed (or not) used in the query. (that's only a supposition as I did not look at the highlight code right now)
> > 
> > I'm curious of Elasticsearch gurus answers about this. Is it doable? Should Oleg open an issue for it?
> > 
> > --  
> > David 😉  
> > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs
> > 
> > Le 23 août 2012 à 17:02, Oleg Ievtushok \<[yevtushok@gmail.com](mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com) [mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com](mailto:yevtushok@gmail.com)\> a écrit :
> > 
> > Hi everyone, I have the following scenario, where the wrong value is highlighted:
> > 
> > #!/bin/bash  
> > curl -XDELETE '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)' [http://localhost:9200/highlight'](http://localhost:9200/highlight%27)  
> > curl -XPOST '[http://localhost:9200/highlight](http://localhost:9200/highlight)' [http://localhost:9200/highlight'](http://localhost:9200/highlight%27)  
> > curl -XPUT -d '{  
> > "doc" : {  
> > "\_source" : { "enabled" : false },  
> > "\_all" : { "enabled" : true },  
> > "\_timestamp" : { "enabled" : true, "store" : "yes" },  
> > "properties" : {  
> > "text1" : {  
> > "country" : "string",  
> > "store" : "yes"  
> > },  
> > "file" : {  
> > "type" : "string",  
> > "store" : "yes"  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/\_mapping](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc/_mapping)  
> > curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Canada", "file": "some keyword here and there" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> > curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "US and Italy", "file": "you should not highlight Canada" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> > curl -XPOST -d '{ "country": "Brazil and France", "file": "whatever" }' [http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc](http://localhost:9200/highlight/doc)  
> > curl -XPOST [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_refresh](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_refresh)  
> > curl -XGET [http://localhost:9200/highlight/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/highlight/_search?pretty=true) -d '{  
> > "query" : {  
> > "bool" : {  
> > "must" : [ {  
> > "field" : {  
> > "country" : "US Canada"  
> > }  
> > }, {  
> > "field" : {  
> > "file" : "keyword highlight"  
> > }  
> > } ]  
> > }  
> > },  
> > "highlight" : {  
> > "fields" : {  
> > "file" : {  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }'
> > 
> > I was not expecting to get the "Canada" highlighted in the search result:  
> > "highlight" : {  
> > "file" : ["you should not _highlight_ _Canada_"]  
> > }
> > 
> > Is there any way to highlight only "highlight" word in this case?
> 
> --

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**Author:** ![phill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/779978/32.png) [@phill](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/phill)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2012, 12:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/5 "2012-08-30T00:11:46Z")

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But don't put me in the league of ES gurus, please. I recalled seeing  
that info when I was reading about ES and recognized that as something  
that triggers the behavior down in the Lucene HitHighlighter(s) which I  
have had a love/hate relationship with over the last year when working  
directly with Lucene.

-Paul

On 8/29/2012 10:33 AM, David Pilato wrote:

> Thanks! Good to know!

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:14am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/highlighting-the-wrong-value/8831/6 "2017-07-06T03:14:41Z")

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