# Proper way to configure a custom analyzer **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 15, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/proper-way-to-configure-a-custom-analyzer/7711 "2012-05-15T23:03:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2012, 11:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/proper-way-to-configure-a-custom-analyzer/7711/1 "2012-05-15T23:03:40Z")
The syntax seems simple, but I must be missing some punctuation at some point. I am unable to create a custom analyzer with a filter. Here is a gist with the relevant snippet of the mapping: [https://gist.github.com/2705752](https://gist.github.com/2705752) If I leave filter empty ( "filter": [] ), then everything works. If I put in any value, the config file will not be read. Only warning is [2012-05-15 16:00:37,718][WARN][cluster.metadata] [Janus] [products-c] failed to read template [\elasticsearch-0.19.2\config\templates\product\_template.json] from config The eventual configuration is much more detailed, but it seems to be failing with the filter section. Cheers, Ivan ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/proper-way-to-configure-a-custom-analyzer/7711/2 "2012-05-16T21:36:36Z")
It seems to be an issue with properly loading nested settings in a template when loaded from a config path, opened an issue: [Index Templates settings provided in a config file fails to load properly · Issue #1960 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1960), will be fixed shortly. On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > The syntax seems simple, but I must be missing some punctuation at > some point. I am unable to create a custom analyzer with a filter. > > Here is a gist with the relevant snippet of the mapping: > [https://gist.github.com/2705752](https://gist.github.com/2705752) > > If I leave filter empty ( "filter": ), then everything works. If I > put in any value, the config file will not be read. Only warning is > > [2012-05-15 16:00:37,718][WARN][cluster.metadata] [Janus] > [products-c] failed to read template > [\elasticsearch-0.19.2\config\templates\product\_template.json] from > config > > The eventual configuration is much more detailed, but it seems to be > failing with the filter section. > > Cheers, > > Ivan ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [May 16, 2012, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/proper-way-to-configure-a-custom-analyzer/7711/3 "2012-05-16T22:58:20Z")
Thanks. It is good to know that I am not going crazy and it is a bug instead. -- Ivan On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:36 PM, Shay Banon [kimchy@gmail.com](mailto:kimchy@gmail.com) wrote: > It seems to be an issue with properly loading nested settings in a template > when loaded from a config path, opened an > issue: [Index Templates settings provided in a config file fails to load properly · Issue #1960 · elastic/elasticsearch · GitHub](https://github.com/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/issues/1960), will be > fixed shortly. > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 2:03 AM, Ivan Brusic [ivan@brusic.com](mailto:ivan@brusic.com) wrote: > > > The syntax seems simple, but I must be missing some punctuation at > > some point. I am unable to create a custom analyzer with a filter. > > > > Here is a gist with the relevant snippet of the mapping: > > [https://gist.github.com/2705752](https://gist.github.com/2705752) > > > > If I leave filter empty ( "filter": ), then everything works. If I > > put in any value, the config file will not be read. Only warning is > > > > [2012-05-15 16:00:37,718][WARN][cluster.metadata] [Janus] > > [products-c] failed to read template > > [\elasticsearch-0.19.2\config\templates\product\_template.json] from > > config > > > > The eventual configuration is much more detailed, but it seems to be > > failing with the filter section. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Ivan ---
**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, 3:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/proper-way-to-configure-a-custom-analyzer/7711/4 "2017-07-06T03:28:29Z")