# Indexing a numeric range field

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-numeric-range-field/14836>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 12, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-numeric-range-field/14836 "2013-12-12T12:34:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Sander\_Toonen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sander_toonen/32/1913_2.png) [@Sander\_Toonen](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sander_Toonen)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2013, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-numeric-range-field/14836/1 "2013-12-12T12:34:23Z")

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Hi!

I'm am looking for a way to _index_ documents which contain numeric ranges.  
E.g:

{

> ```
> name: Document A
> size: 100-200
> 
> ```
> 
> }  
> {  
> name: Document B  
> size: 190-240  
> }  
> {  
> name: Document C  
> size: 230  
> }

I need to be able to query for a range so that all documents that have an  
overlapping range will be returned:

195-220 should return A and B  
230-235 should return B and C

I currently do not know of a way to index a range, only how to query for a  
range.  
Is anybody aware of a way to achieve this?

Thanks in advance!

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**Author:** ![Andrew\_Cholakian\_2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ab992/32.png) [@Andrew\_Cholakian\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrew_Cholakian_2)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2013, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-numeric-range-field/14836/2 "2013-12-13T05:06:10Z")

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You cannot index a range, but then you don't need to. You should look at  
storing the range as two values, a range\_floor, and a range\_ceil. Then you  
can use standard range filters in conjunction with a 'and' filter to find  
what you're looking for. Be sure to read this blog post about caching  
behavior and filters when used with ranges  
([Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/blog/all-about-elasticsearch-filter-bitsets/)).

* * *

Andrew Cholakian  
Developer, Found Hosted Elasticsearch  
www.found.no, @foundsays

On Thursday, December 12, 2013 4:34:23 AM UTC-8, Sander Toonen wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I'm am looking for a way to _index_ documents which contain numeric  
> ranges. E.g:
> 
> {
> 
> > ```
> > name: Document A
> > size: 100-200
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > }  
> > {  
> > name: Document B  
> > size: 190-240  
> > }  
> > {  
> > name: Document C  
> > size: 230  
> > }
> 
> I need to be able to query for a range so that all documents that have an  
> overlapping range will be returned:
> 
> 195-220 should return A and B  
> 230-235 should return B and C
> 
> I currently do not know of a way to index a range, only how to query for a  
> range.  
> Is anybody aware of a way to achieve this?
> 
> Thanks in advance!

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/indexing-a-numeric-range-field/14836/3 "2017-07-06T02:01:31Z")

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