# Query Suggestion with Elasticsearch index engine

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [June 20, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629 "2022-06-20T09:46:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Rustin\_Spencer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rustin_spencer/32/103495_2.png) [@Rustin\_Spencer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rustin_Spencer)\
**Post date:** [June 20, 2022, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/1 "2022-06-20T09:46:05Z")

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Can I use query suggestion with es index app search engine? I've tried to do this in Vuejs project, but I generated search UI from app search and query suggestion doesn't works.

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yakhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vadim_yakhin/32/56723_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yakhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vadim_Yakhin)\
**Post date:** [June 21, 2022, 6:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/2 "2022-06-21T18:35:43Z")

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Hey Rustin!

Couple questions:

1. Which option did you choose here?

2. Could you share a couple documents from your dataset so I could try to replicate the bug?

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**Author:** ![Rustin\_Spencer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rustin_spencer/32/103495_2.png) [@Rustin\_Spencer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rustin_Spencer)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/3 "2022-06-22T02:53:18Z")

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1. I've tried using both. When I'm using App Search with Elasticsearch index, I can only get data from autocompleteResults field, but in App Search Engine I can get both Suggestion and autocompleteResults.
2. Sorry, I can't really show my documents. Fields I'm trying to get suggestion is just normal text type.

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yakhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vadim_yakhin/32/56723_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yakhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vadim_Yakhin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/4 "2022-06-22T13:02:10Z")

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Let's focus on the first case (App Search engine), since the second one is still in technical preview.

I'm a little confused. In the first message you mentioned that query suggestion doesn't work, and in the second - that it works in App Search.

Maybe you could share 1) the steps you're taking to replicate the bug, 2) expected result, 3) actual result you're seeing.

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**Author:** ![Rustin\_Spencer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rustin_spencer/32/103495_2.png) [@Rustin\_Spencer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Rustin_Spencer)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/5 "2022-06-22T14:19:40Z")

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Sorry, when I created the post I forgot to set autocompleteSuggestions options in SearchDriver to true (using Elastic App Search engine), now I got the suggestions, but if I use Elasticsearch index as engine, no matter what I set as a searchterm. Nothing comes up in autocompleteSuggestions field in SearchDriver state.

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**Author:** ![Vadim\_Yakhin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vadim_yakhin/32/56723_2.png) [@Vadim\_Yakhin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vadim_Yakhin)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/6 "2022-06-22T16:15:42Z")

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No worries. I think this might not be implemented yet, since it's still in technical preview.

I wouldn't use this feature for production deployments yet, as it's still in active development and not everything is supported in the moment. I recommend going with the App Search engine for now.

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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:** [July 20, 2022, 4:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestion-with-elasticsearch-index-engine/307629/7 "2022-07-20T16:15:45Z")

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