# How to enable simple analyzer in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 5, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615 "2015-10-05T07:52:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![SureshSala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SureshSala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SureshSala)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 7:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615/1 "2015-10-05T07:52:00Z")

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I am very new to elasticsearch i have read few documents about the analyzer. I could not understand most of it. I would like to enable the simple analyzer and test my elasticsearch

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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:** [October 5, 2015, 8:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615/2 "2015-10-05T08:08:01Z")

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You should better explain what you did so far so we can help you fixing your issues.

That said, here is something which could help: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/using-language-analyzers.html#using-language-analyzers](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/using-language-analyzers.html#using-language-analyzers)

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**Author:** ![SureshSala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@SureshSala](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/SureshSala)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2015, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615/3 "2015-10-05T10:02:38Z")

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"mappings": {  
"_default_": {  
"dynamic\_templates": [  
{  
"message\_field": {  
"mapping": {  
"index": "analyzed",  
"omit\_norms": true,  
"type": "string"  
},  
"match": "message",  
"match\_mapping\_type": "string"  
}  
},  
{  
"string\_fields": {  
"mapping": {  
"index": "analyzed",  
"omit\_norms": true,  
"type": "string",  
"fields": {  
"raw": {  
"index": "not\_analyzed",  
"ignore\_above": 256,  
"type": "string"  
}  
}  
},  
"match": "\*",  
"match\_mapping\_type": "string"  
}  
}  
],  
"\_all": {  
"enabled": true,  
"omit\_norms": true  
},  
"properties": {  
"@version": {  
"type": "string",  
"index": "not\_analyzed"  
},  
"geoip": {  
"dynamic": "true",  
"properties": {  
"location": {  
"type": "geo\_point"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-enable-simple-analyzer-in-elasticsearch/31615/4 "2017-07-05T23:46:46Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 11:46pm UTC