# Increasing Field Capacity Effectively

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-field-capacity-effectively/163782>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 10, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-field-capacity-effectively/163782 "2019-01-10T16:14:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![kuthaygumus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kuthaygumus](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kuthaygumus)\
**Post date:** [January 10, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-field-capacity-effectively/163782/1 "2019-01-10T16:14:32Z")

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Hello,

I am running into an issue with the maximum size for a single field/term.

I set my fields to "not\_analyzed".  
As you know, it means, "Index this field so it is searchable, but index the value exactly as specified. Do not analyze it." and the maximum size for a single term in the underlying Lucene index is 32766 bytes..

When I try to send over 32766 bytes to my elasticsearch method, that limitation works and do not accept (for example) 40000 characters string.  
After my researches, I think I got 2 options;

1-) Continue using the field with "not\_analyzed", but use ignore\_above setting like below. With this, It will now accept over 32766 bytes but it will not make this field searchable(if it doesnt has to be searchable.).

```
PUT /my_index
        {
          "mappings": {
            "my_type": {
              "properties": {
                "status_code": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "index": "not_analyzed",
                  "ignore_above": 32766
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }

```

2-) Will mark the index with "no" option like below. It will accept over 32766 bytes but will not make the field searchable or queryable.

```
PUT /my_index
{
  "mappings": {
    "my_type": {
      "properties": {
        "status_code": {
          "type": "string",
          "index": "no"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

```

My questions are,  
-Do these options are able to make cpu or memory impact to my cluster ?  
-Do you have any other suggestion for this field capacity?

Thank you for your answers.

UPDATE : I use 1.5.2, so that means, i cant use ignore\_above.

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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:** [February 7, 2019, 4:14pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/increasing-field-capacity-effectively/163782/2 "2019-02-07T16:14:35Z")

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