# Multi\_fields, store, highlights **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 5, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-fields-store-highlights/8329 "2012-07-05T16:36:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sebastien\_Lorber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sebastien_lorber/32/2551_2.png) [@Sebastien\_Lorber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sebastien_Lorber)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 4:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-fields-store-highlights/8329/1 "2012-07-05T16:36:48Z")
Hello, I have the following mapping: > > > There are more than three files. show original Notice that i added most of my Java code which explains how i build my query, and also an unit test of the result (i hope it will help others) Is there a simple way to get highlights when using a multi\_field? The pain is: - I need to use a boolean/text search on these 3 fields - I need to store=yes for all of them or i can't get the highlights from searches which match thanks to a field with store=false - I need to add highlights for the 3 fields or i only get the highlights when it was matched by the field analyzer - My highlight map has now 3 fields and i must select/merge the most appropriate one (exact match \> stemming \> ngrams for me) What is the effect of using store=yes on each subfield? Is the original field going to be stored 3 times and take useless space??? Isn't there a way to build simpler queries just on the multi\_field instead of including all the subfields in my queries? And to have highlights merged automatically? For exemple if we have a match against 2 fields "stemmer" + "ngrams", is there an option to have something like "i want the biggest/smaller highlight for a field" For exemple, on a search "descript": - Ngrams (4-\>8) will match on "descript" and produce "descript" highlight - Stemming will match on description stemmed to "descript" and produce "description" highlight" ---
**Author:** ![Sebastien\_Lorber](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sebastien_lorber/32/2551_2.png) [@Sebastien\_Lorber](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sebastien_Lorber)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2012, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-fields-store-highlights/8329/2 "2012-07-05T16:41:00Z")
I have noticed the plugin analysis combo > **[GitHub - yakaz/elasticsearch-analysis-combo: Elasticsearch Combo Analyzer](https://github.com/yakaz/elasticsearch-analysis-combo)** > > Elasticsearch Combo Analyzer. Contribute to yakaz/elasticsearch-analysis-combo development by creating an account on GitHub. It seems nice because we can use many analyzers for a single field, and thus i guess have to query only 1 field, ask for 1 highlight, and use store=yes on one field, but bypassing multi\_field. But before using it, can someone tell me if i'm doing something wrong or is it that complicated to query against a multi\_field? Thanks On Thursday, July 5, 2012 6:36:48 PM UTC+2, Sébastien Lorber wrote: > Hello, > > I have the following mapping: > [ElasticSearch mapping multi\_field analyzer · GitHub](https://gist.github.com/3053540) > > Notice that i added most of my Java code which explains how i build my > query, and also an unit test of the result (i hope it will help others) > > Is there a simple way to get highlights when using a multi\_field? > > The pain is: > > - I need to use a boolean/text search on these 3 fields > - I need to store=yes for all of them or i can't get the highlights > from searches which match thanks to a field with store=false > - I need to add highlights for the 3 fields or i only get the > highlights when it was matched by the field analyzer > - My highlight map has now 3 fields and i must select/merge the most > appropriate one (exact match \> stemming \> ngrams for me) > > What is the effect of using store=yes on each subfield? Is the original > field going to be stored 3 times and take useless space??? > > Isn't there a way to build simpler queries just on the multi\_field instead > of including all the subfields in my queries? > And to have highlights merged automatically? > For exemple if we have a match against 2 fields "stemmer" + "ngrams", is > there an option to have something like "i want the biggest/smaller > highlight for a field" > For exemple, on a search "descript": > > - Ngrams (4-\>8) will match on "descript" and produce "descript" highlight > - Stemming will match on description stemmed to "descript" and produce > "description" highlight" ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-fields-store-highlights/8329/3 "2017-07-06T03:21:23Z")