# Search problem within the attachment type field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [February 13, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700 "2016-02-13T21:43:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ferhat_Ozturk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 9:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/1 "2016-02-13T21:43:39Z")
Hello, First of all, let me tell you that i am totally new on elasticsearch concept and trying to learn it in details. Now, i am having a problem about searching on an attachment field (I can query on other fields) This is my mapping: { "files": { "properties": { "file": { "type": "attachment", "fields": { "content": { "type": "string", "term\_vector":"with\_positions\_offsets", "store": true }, "name" : { "type" : "string" } } } } } } This is the result when i query with the record id ([http://localhost:9200/filesystem/files/10](http://localhost:9200/filesystem/files/10)): { "\_index": "filesystem", "\_type": "files", "\_id": "10", "\_version": 1, "found": true, "\_source": { "content": "e1xydGYxXGFuc2kNCkxvcmVtIGlwc3VtIGRvbG9yIHNpdCBhbWV0DQpccGFyIH0=" } } Encoded string contains "ipsum" word so i should be able to get a result when i query "ipsum". I could not get any result with below one through REST client: POST [http://localhost:9200/filesystem/files/\_search](http://localhost:9200/filesystem/files/_search) { "query": { "query\_string": { "query": "ipsum" }}} can you pls help me how can i search within the attachment type field. Thanks in advance ---
**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:** [February 13, 2016, 10:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/2 "2016-02-13T22:49:45Z")
Your field name should be file. Not content. ---
**Author:** ![Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ferhat_Ozturk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 4:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/4 "2016-02-14T16:32:22Z")
Hello David, thanks for your reply, it solved one part of my problem, i appreciate it. Now i have another problem about highlighting the result. can you pls help me about this too? ## My mapping: { "files": { "properties": { "file": { "type": "attachment", "fields": { "content": { "type": "string", "term\_vector":"with\_positions\_offsets", "store": true }, "name" : { "type" : "string" } } } } } } ## My Insert Document Request: { "file" : "e1xydGYxXGFuc2kNCkxvcmVtIGlwc3VtIGRvbG9yIHNpdCBhbWV0DQpccGFyIH0=" } ## My Query Request: { "query": { "query\_string": { "query": "ipsum" } }, "highlight" : { "fields" : { "file" : {} } } } ## The Search Result: { "took": 4, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 5, "successful": 5, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": 1, "max\_score": 0.095891505, "hits": [ { "\_index": "filesystem", "\_type": "files", "\_id": "11", "\_score": 0.095891505, "\_source": { "file": "e1xydGYxXGFuc2kNCkxvcmVtIGlwc3VtIGRvbG9yIHNpdCBhbWV0DQpccGFyIH0=" } } ] } } As you can see in the response, there is no hightlight information in the response. What is my mistake, pls kindly advice. Thanks ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/5 "2016-02-14T16:50:41Z")
Have a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-attachments-highlighting.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/plugins/current/mapper-attachments-highlighting.html) Highlight `file.content` ---
**Author:** ![Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ferhat_Ozturk)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/6 "2016-02-14T17:02:10Z")
when i query with "match", i can get the highlighted result. however when i use the "query\_string", i can not get the highlighted result. what is the difference between them. I am asking this in order to learn it in details, thanks for your time . ## this works for highlighting: request: { "query": { "match": { "file.content": "ipsum" } }, "highlight" : { "fields" : { "file.content" : {} } } } response: { "took": 6, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 5, "successful": 5, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": 1, "max\_score": 0.13424811, "hits": [ { "\_index": "filesystem", "\_type": "files", "\_id": "11", "\_score": 0.13424811, "\_source": { "file": "e1xydGYxXGFuc2kNCkxvcmVtIGlwc3VtIGRvbG9yIHNpdCBhbWV0DQpccGFyIH0=" }, "highlight": { "file.content": [ "Lorem _ipsum_ dolor sit amet\n\n" ] } } ] } } ## this does not works for highlighting: request: { "query": { "query\_string": { "query": "ipsum" } }, "highlight" : { "fields" : { "file.content" : {} } } } response: { "took": 5, "timed\_out": false, "\_shards": { "total": 5, "successful": 5, "failed": 0 }, "hits": { "total": 1, "max\_score": 0.095891505, "hits": [ { "\_index": "filesystem", "\_type": "files", "\_id": "11", "\_score": 0.095891505, "\_source": { "file": "e1xydGYxXGFuc2kNCkxvcmVtIGlwc3VtIGRvbG9yIHNpdCBhbWV0DQpccGFyIH0=" } } ] } } ---
**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:** [February 14, 2016, 5:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/7 "2016-02-14T17:18:27Z")
query\_string query uses \_all field. That's the reason. ---
**Author:** ![Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/4af34b/32.png) [@Ferhat\_Ozturk](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ferhat_Ozturk)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 8:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/8 "2016-02-15T20:42:31Z")
Hello David, Now, i have another problem, i have indexed a word document (docx) which is a CV and mostly prepared with tables in the document, but i am not able to find results with basic searchs. Is there a restriction about the tables in elastic search? do you have any idea about my problem? thank you This is the screenshot of the document which i have indexed. ![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/2X/8/8a07f88f2a62ccf0101ee83a9ac76da102c252a2.png) ---
**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:** [February 15, 2016, 9:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/9 "2016-02-15T21:29:39Z")
Well. I don't know. It depends on what Tika can do as this plugin only exposes Tika. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:16pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-problem-within-the-attachment-type-field/41700/10 "2017-07-05T23:16:13Z")