Consider a very simple model where we have locations and each location can
have zero or more events. A location would have properties such as name,
description and geo point data (lon/lat). An event should be attached to one
location (its parent) and should have a name and description.
{
"location" : {
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "boost": 2.0, "analyzer": "snowball"
},
"description": { "type": "string", "analyzer": "snowball" },
"geo": { "type": "geo_point" },
"exhibits": {
"type": "nested",
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "boost": 2.0, "analyzer":
"snowball" },
"description": { "type": "string", "analyzer":
"snowball" }
}
}
}
}
}
What I want to be able to do, is to query for the child documents (events)
performing a full text search on their names and descriptions. I would like
to get the matching events back and be able to also get their parent
location's name. I would also like to narrow down the result set by
location's coordinates. I don't want to get any events that do not match
the query. Is that possible in Elastic Search? What types of queries should
I use?
I have tried putting events as an array property under location (see above)
and using the nested query but it does not return the kind of results I want
(I think it returns the whole location, including all events, even the ones
that do not match my query). I have tried putting events into a separate
index (mapping?) providing the _parent property and then performing the
top_children query on locations, but I don't get any results.
{
"exhibit": {
"_parent": { "type": "locations" },
"properties": {
"name": { "type": "string", "boost": 2.0, "analyzer": "snowball"
},
"description": { "type": "string", "analyzer": "snowball" }
}
}
}
Could anyone shed some light? I don't know where to begin...