# Not able to fulltext index Microsoft Office documents - PDF works fine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 23, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420 "2014-08-23T16:28:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dirk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/87869e/32.png) [@Dirk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dirk)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2014, 4:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/1 "2014-08-23T16:28:00Z")

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Hi,

using elasticsearch-1.3.2 with

## Plug-in

name: mapper-attachments  
version: 2.3.1  
description: Adds the attachment type allowing to parse difference attachment formats  
jvm: true  
site: false

on Windows 8 for evaluation purpose.

## JVM

version: 1.7.0\_67  
vm\_name: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM  
vm\_version: 24.65-b04  
vm\_vendor: Oracle Corporation

I have created the following mapping:

{  
myIndex: {  
mappings: {  
dokument: {  
properties: {  
created: {  
type: date  
format: dateOptionalTime  
}  
description: {  
type: string  
}  
file: {  
type: attachment  
path: full  
fields: {  
file: {  
type: string  
store: true  
term\_vector: with\_positions\_offsets  
}  
author: {  
type: string  
}  
title: {  
type: string  
}  
name: {  
type: string  
}  
date: {  
type: date  
format: dateOptionalTime  
}  
keywords: {  
type: string  
}  
content\_type: {  
type: string  
}  
content\_length: {  
type: integer  
}  
language: {  
type: string  
}  
}  
}  
id: {  
type: string  
}  
title: {  
type: string  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

Because I like to use ES from C#/.NET I have created a little C# app that reads a file as base64 encodes stream from hard drive and put the document to the index of ES. I'm working with this POST request:

{  
"id": "8dbf1d73-44d1-4e20-aa35-13b18ddf5057",  
"title": "Test",  
"description": "Test Description",  
"created": "2014-01-20T19:04:20.1019885+01:00",  
"file": {  
"\_content\_type": "application/pdf",  
"\_name": "Test.pdf",  
"content": "---my base64 stuff here---"  
}  
}

and send it as index command to ES like this:

myIndex/dokument/8dbf1d73-44d1-4e20-aa35-13b18ddf5057?refresh=true

After that I query ES with this request:

{  
"fields": [],  
"query": {  
"match": {  
"file": "test"  
}  
},  
"highlight": {  
"fields": {  
"file": {}  
}  
}  
}

If my input is a \*.pdf or \*.txt file everything works as expected. The content of the document was recognized by the mapper-attachments plug-in and the results with my string "test" that I'm looking for are highlighted.

I have searched for hours now to find a solution to do the same with Microsoft Office documents but I'm not able to get it to work. ES does not send any error message during adding the documents but I'm not able to find the content of my office documents.  
Can anyone please help me an give me an sample how to index a \*.doc, \*.docx, \*.xls, \*.xlsx etc.?

I have tried to give ES a hint for the content-type / mime type based on this link [http://filext.com/faq/office\_mime\_types.php](http://filext.com/faq/office_mime_types.php) but this makes no change.

Thanks in advance!  
Dirk

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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:** [August 27, 2014, 8:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/2 "2014-08-27T08:52:04Z")

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This is indeed an issue in mapper attachments plugin 2.3.1.

Will be fixed early next week with 2.3.2.

--  
David 😉  
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs

Le 23 août 2014 à 18:28, Dirk [dirk.bauer@gmail.com](mailto:dirk.bauer@gmail.com) a écrit :

Hi,

using elasticsearch-1.3.2 with

## Plug-in

name: mapper-attachments  
version: 2.3.1  
description: Adds the attachment type allowing to parse difference  
attachment formats  
jvm: true  
site: false

on Windows 8 for evaluation purpose.

## JVM

version: 1.7.0\_67  
vm\_name: Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM  
vm\_version: 24.65-b04  
vm\_vendor: Oracle Corporation

I have created the following mapping:

{  
myIndex: {  
mappings: {  
dokument: {  
properties: {  
created: {  
type: date  
format: dateOptionalTime  
}  
description: {  
type: string  
}  
file: {  
type: attachment  
path: full  
fields: {  
file: {  
type: string  
store: true  
term\_vector: with\_positions\_offsets  
}  
author: {  
type: string  
}  
title: {  
type: string  
}  
name: {  
type: string  
}  
date: {  
type: date  
format: dateOptionalTime  
}  
keywords: {  
type: string  
}  
content\_type: {  
type: string  
}  
content\_length: {  
type: integer  
}  
language: {  
type: string  
}  
}  
}  
id: {  
type: string  
}  
title: {  
type: string  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}

Because I like to use ES from C#/.NET I have created a little C# app that  
reads a file as base64 encodes stream from hard drive and put the document  
to the index of ES. I'm working with this POST request:

{  
"id": "8dbf1d73-44d1-4e20-aa35-13b18ddf5057",  
"title": "Test",  
"description": "Test Description",  
"created": "2014-01-20T19:04:20.1019885+01:00",  
"file": {  
"\_content\_type": "application/pdf",  
"\_name": "Test.pdf",  
"content": "---my base64 stuff here---"  
}  
}

and send it as index command to ES like this:

myIndex/dokument/8dbf1d73-44d1-4e20-aa35-13b18ddf5057?refresh=true

After that I query ES with this request:

{  
"fields": [],  
"query": {  
"match": {  
"file": "test"  
}  
},  
"highlight": {  
"fields": {  
"file": {}  
}  
}  
}

If my input is a \*.pdf or \*.txt file everything works as expected. The  
content of the document was recognized by the mapper-attachments plug-in and  
the results with my string "test" that I'm looking for are highlighted.

I have searched for hours now to find a solution to do the same with  
Microsoft Office documents but I'm not able to get it to work. ES does not  
send any error message during adding the documents but I'm not able to find  
the content of my office documents.  
Can anyone please help me an give me an sample how to index a \*.doc, \*.docx,  
\*.xls, \*.xlsx etc.?

I have tried to give ES a hint for the content-type / mime type based on  
this link [http://filext.com/faq/office\_mime\_types.php](http://filext.com/faq/office_mime_types.php) but this makes no  
change.

Thanks in advance!  
Dirk

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**Author:** ![feenz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4bbf92/32.png) [@feenz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/feenz)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2014, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/3 "2014-08-29T14:07:43Z")

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Hi David,  
I am currently using elasticsearch-1.3.1. Will the mapper-attchements-2.3.2 be compatible with my version of ES or will have have to update?

Thanks,

- Kyle

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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:** [August 29, 2014, 3:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/4 "2014-08-29T15:41:59Z")

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It will work with 1.3.1.  
You should update to 1.3.2 though because we fixed some issues in this version.

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Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr / @scrutmydocs

> Le 29 août 2014 à 16:07, feenz [kfeeney5506@gmail.com](mailto:kfeeney5506@gmail.com) a écrit :
> 
> Hi David,  
> I am currently using elasticsearch-1.3.1. Will the mapper-attchements-2.3.2  
> be compatible with my version of ES or will have have to update?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> - Kyle
> 
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**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/5 "2014-09-02T19:27:41Z")

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Hi, I can confirm that none of my MS Office docs are being indexed with ES 1.3.2 and mapper attachments 2.3.1. Any estimate on a fix for this?

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**Post date:** [September 2, 2014, 7:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/6 "2014-09-02T19:51:42Z")

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Wow, you're fast, I just saw you put up version 2.3.2. I downloaded it, restarted ES, and reindexed and all is good now with my MS Office format docs. Thanks!

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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-fulltext-index-microsoft-office-documents-pdf-works-fine/19420/7 "2017-07-06T01:04:54Z")

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