# Searching terms **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 22, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096 "2012-03-22T13:41:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/1 "2012-03-22T13:41:20Z")
Hi, I have a following question. Is it possible for Elasticsearch to index text fields to allow searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would like to find documents with fields containing exact term 'how are you', not only words 'how', 'are' and 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow searching like this, and how should I build such a request? Thanks for help. Best regards. Marcin. ---
**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:** [March 22, 2012, 1:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/2 "2012-03-22T13:51:02Z")
You can define a keyword mapping. ES won't touch what you index. Or you can define to use a AND operator instead of OR (default) in your query Or you can use lucene syntax to query on +how +are +you I think that there are many other ways to do it... HTH David. Le 22 mars 2012 à 14:41, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a écrit : > I have a following question. Is it possible for Elasticsearch to index text > fields to allow searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would like to > find documents with fields containing exact term 'how are you', not only > words 'how', 'are' and 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow > searching like this, and how should I build such a request? > > Thanks for help. > > Best regards. > Marcin. -- David Pilato [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/) Twitter : @dadoonet ---
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 2:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/3 "2012-03-22T14:26:53Z")
Hi thanks, but I think you misunderstood me. As I understand your examples will find all the documents with fields containing all of the given words 'how', 'are' and 'you', so the matching fields would be: 1. How are you today? 2. How something you anything are something else. 3. ... right ? But I want to find the fields that contains exactly 'how are you' so the matching 1 from above would be the only correct match. Best regards. 2012/3/22 [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > \*\* > > You can define a keyword mapping. ES won't touch what you index. > > Or you can define to use a AND operator instead of OR (default) in your > query > > Or you can use lucene syntax to query on +how +are +you > > I think that there are many other ways to do it... > > HTH > > David. > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 14:41, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a écrit : > > Hi, > > I have a following question. Is it possible for Elasticsearch to index > text fields to allow searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would > like to find documents with fields containing exact term 'how are you', not > only words 'how', 'are' and 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow > searching like this, and how should I build such a request? > > Thanks for help. > > Best regards. > Marcin. > > -- > David Pilato > [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/) > Twitter : @dadoonet ---
**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:** [March 22, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/4 "2012-03-22T14:36:07Z")
So you want ES to index field without tokenizing its content. A keyword analyzer will do it. By default, ES use the standard analyzer. That's the first proposal I wrote. You have to define it at index time. If ES has already tokenized the field, you won't be able to search exact sentence. Does it answer to your needs ? David 😉 Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr Le 22 mars 2012 à 15:26, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a écrit : > Hi thanks, but I think you misunderstood me. As I understand your examples will find all the documents with fields containing all of the given words 'how', 'are' and 'you', so the matching fields would be: > > 1. How are you today? > 2. How something you anything are something else. > 3. ... > > right ? > > But I want to find the fields that contains exactly 'how are you' so the matching 1 from above would be the only correct match. > > Best regards. > > 2012/3/22 [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > You can define a keyword mapping. ES won't touch what you index. > Or you can define to use a AND operator instead of OR (default) in your query > Or you can use lucene syntax to query on +how +are +you > > I think that there are many other ways to do it... > > HTH > David. > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 14:41, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a écrit : > > Hi, > > I have a following question. Is it possible for Elasticsearch to index text fields to allow searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would like to find documents with fields containing exact term 'how are you', not only words 'how', 'are' and 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow searching like this, and how should I build such a request? > > Thanks for help. > > Best regards. > Marcin. > > -- > David Pilato > [http://dev.david.pilato.fr/](http://dev.david.pilato.fr/) > Twitter : @dadoonet ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 2:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/5 "2012-03-22T14:41:33Z")
On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 15:36 +0100, David Pilato wrote: > So you want ES to index field without tokenizing its content. > A keyword analyzer will do it. By default, ES use the standard > analyzer. > That's the first proposal I wrote. > You have to define it at index time. If ES has already tokenized the > field, you won't be able to search exact sentence. I think he is asking about a phrase search, in which case the 'text\_phrase' query or a query\_string query would work clint > Does it answer to your needs ? > > David 😉 > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 15:26, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a > écrit : > > > Hi thanks, but I think you misunderstood me. As I understand your > > examples will find all the documents with fields containing all of > > the given words 'how', 'are' and 'you', so the matching fields would > > be: > > > > 1. How are you today? > > 2. How something you anything are something else. > > 3. ... > > > > right ? > > > > But I want to find the fields that contains exactly 'how are you' so > > the matching 1 from above would be the only correct match. > > > > Best regards. > > > > 2012/3/22 [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > You can define a keyword mapping. ES won't touch what you > > index. > > > > ``` > > Or you can define to use a AND operator instead of OR > > (default) in your query > > > > Or you can use lucene syntax to query on +how +are +you > > > > > > I think that there are many other ways to do it... > > > > > > HTH > > > > David. > > > > > > > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 14:41, Marcin Dojwa > > a écrit : > > > > Hi, > > > > I have a following question. Is it possible for > > Elasticsearch to index text fields to allow > > searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would > > like to find documents with fields containing exact > > term 'how are you', not only words 'how', 'are' and > > 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow > > searching like this, and how should I build such a > > request? > > > > Thanks for help. > > > > Best regards. > > Marcin. > > > > > > > > -- > > David Pilato > > http://dev.david.pilato.fr/ > > Twitter : @dadoonet > > > > ``` ---
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 3:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/6 "2012-03-22T15:47:35Z")
Yes, I meant the phrase search 🙂 Thank you all for help, that's great that it is possible 🙂 I will check this as soon as possible. Best regards. W dniu czwartek, 22 marca 2012 użytkownik Clinton Gormley \< [clint@traveljury.com](mailto:clint@traveljury.com)\> napisał: > On Thu, 2012-03-22 at 15:36 +0100, David Pilato wrote: > > > So you want ES to index field without tokenizing its content. > > A keyword analyzer will do it. By default, ES use the standard > > analyzer. > > > That's the first proposal I wrote. > > > You have to define it at index time. If ES has already tokenized the > > field, you won't be able to search exact sentence. > > I think he is asking about a phrase search, in which case the > 'text\_phrase' query or a query\_string query would work > > clint > > > Does it answer to your needs ? > > > > David 😉 > > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr > > > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 15:26, Marcin Dojwa [m.dojwa@livechatinc.com](mailto:m.dojwa@livechatinc.com) a > > écrit : > > > > > Hi thanks, but I think you misunderstood me. As I understand your > > > examples will find all the documents with fields containing all of > > > the given words 'how', 'are' and 'you', so the matching fields would > > > be: > > > > > > 1. How are you today? > > > 2. How something you anything are something else. > > > 3. ... > > > > > > right ? > > > > > > But I want to find the fields that contains exactly 'how are you' so > > > the matching 1 from above would be the only correct match. > > > > > > Best regards. > > > > > > 2012/3/22 [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > > > You can define a keyword mapping. ES won't touch what you > > > index. > > > > > > ``` > > > Or you can define to use a AND operator instead of OR > > > (default) in your query > > > > > > Or you can use lucene syntax to query on +how +are +you > > > > > > I think that there are many other ways to do it... > > > > > > HTH > > > > > > David. > > > > > > Le 22 mars 2012 à 14:41, Marcin Dojwa > > > a écrit : > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > I have a following question. Is it possible for > > > Elasticsearch to index text fields to allow > > > searching complex terms like 'how are you'? I would > > > like to find documents with fields containing exact > > > term 'how are you', not only words 'how', 'are' and > > > 'you'. How should I index such fields to allow > > > searching like this, and how should I build such a > > > request? > > > > > > Thanks for help. > > > > > > Best regards. > > > Marcin. > > > > > > -- > > > David Pilato > > > http://dev.david.pilato.fr/ > > > Twitter : @dadoonet > > > > > > ``` ---
**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:** [March 22, 2012, 4:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/7 "2012-03-22T16:19:55Z")
> I think he is asking about a phrase search, in which case the > 'text\_phrase' query or a query\_string query would work Thanks Clint. I was not aware of it. David. ---
**Author:** ![Marcin\_Dojwa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marcin_dojwa/32/2307_2.png) [@Marcin\_Dojwa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marcin_Dojwa)\ **Post date:** [March 22, 2012, 6:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/8 "2012-03-22T18:02:34Z")
'text\_phrase' works perfect, thank you very much. Best regards. Marcin. 2012/3/22 [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) > \*\* > > > I think he is asking about a phrase search, in which case the > > > 'text\_phrase' query or a query\_string query would work > > Thanks Clint. > > I was not aware of it. > > David. ---
**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, 3:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-terms/7096/9 "2017-07-06T03:35:08Z")