# Set custom settings for a index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 23, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799 "2012-11-23T02:28:48Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![zkidkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@zkidkid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zkidkid)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 2:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799/1 "2012-11-23T02:28:48Z")

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Hi  
I have two index, one I use default analyze, other I want set a custom  
analyze to it.

I set up as bellow in config file:

index:  
analysis:  
tokenizer:  
my\_gram:  
type: edgeNGram  
min\_gram: 1  
max\_gram: 50  
analyzer:  
default:  
tokenizer: whitespace  
filter: [lowercase]  
auto:  
type: custom  
tokenizer: my\_gram  
filter: [asciifolding,lowercase]  
_mappings:_

- my\_custom\_index: \*
- 

```
 song_name: *

```

- 

```
   analyzer: auto*

```

- 

```
   index_analyzer: auto*

```

- 

```
   search_analyzer: auto*

```

- 
- 
- 
- 

I have tried to change many kinds of mapping but it dont apply "auto"  
analyze to "my\_custom\_index" or "song\_name" type of "my\_custom\_index".  
ex:  
_mappings:_

- my\_custom\_index: \*
- 

```
   analyzer: auto*

```

- 
- 

....

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**Author:** ![zkidkid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/fbc32d/32.png) [@zkidkid](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/zkidkid)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2012, 11:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799/2 "2012-11-23T11:54:25Z")

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any help ?

On Friday, November 23, 2012 9:28:48 AM UTC+7, kidkid wrote:

> Hi  
> I have two index, one I use default analyze, other I want set a custom  
> analyze to it.
> 
> I set up as bellow in config file:
> 
> index:  
> analysis:  
> tokenizer:  
> my\_gram:  
> type: edgeNGram  
> min\_gram: 1  
> max\_gram: 50  
> analyzer:  
> default:  
> tokenizer: whitespace  
> filter: [lowercase]  
> auto:  
> type: custom  
> tokenizer: my\_gram  
> filter: [asciifolding,lowercase]  
> _mappings:_
> 
> - my\_custom\_index: \*
> - 
> 
> ```
> song_name: *
> 
> ```
> 
> - 
> 
> ```
> analyzer: auto*
> 
> ```
> 
> - 
> 
> ```
> index_analyzer: auto*
> 
> ```
> 
> - 
> 
> ```
> search_analyzer: auto*
> 
> ```
> 
> - 
> - 
> - 
> - 
> 
> I have tried to change many kinds of mapping but it dont apply "auto"  
> analyze to "my\_custom\_index" or "song\_name" type of "my\_custom\_index".  
> ex:  
> _mappings:_
> 
> - my\_custom\_index: \*
> - 
> 
> ```
> analyzer: auto*
> 
> ```
> 
> - 
> - 
> 
> ....

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**Author:** ![Igor\_Motov](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/igor_motov/32/45193_2.png) [@Igor\_Motov](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Igor_Motov)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2012, 1:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799/3 "2012-11-24T01:56:48Z")

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You can specify both the analyzer and mappings when you create the second  
index using Index Create API:

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>
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curl -XPUT localhost:9200/my\_custom\_index -d '{  
"settings": {  
"index": {  
"analysis": {  
"tokenizer": {  
"my\_gram": {  
"type": "edgeNGram",  
"min\_gram": 1,  
"max\_gram": 50  
}  
},  
"analyzer": {  
"default": {  
"tokenizer": "whitespace",  
"filter": ["lowercase"]  
},  
"auto": {  
"type": "custom",  
"tokenizer": "my\_gram",  
"filter": ["asciifolding", "lowercase"]  
}  
}  
}  
}  
},  
"mappings": {  
"my\_type": {  
"properties": {  
"song\_name": {  
"type": "string",  
"analyzer": "auto"  
}  
}  
}  
}  
}'

Alternatively, you can store your mapping in a file and put in  
config/mappings/[index\_name]  
directory [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/mapping/conf-mappings.html)

On Friday, November 23, 2012 6:54:25 AM UTC-5, kidkid wrote:

> any help ?
> 
> On Friday, November 23, 2012 9:28:48 AM UTC+7, kidkid wrote:
> 
> > Hi  
> > I have two index, one I use default analyze, other I want set a custom  
> > analyze to it.
> > 
> > I set up as bellow in config file:
> > 
> > index:  
> > analysis:  
> > tokenizer:  
> > my\_gram:  
> > type: edgeNGram  
> > min\_gram: 1  
> > max\_gram: 50  
> > analyzer:  
> > default:  
> > tokenizer: whitespace  
> > filter: [lowercase]  
> > auto:  
> > type: custom  
> > tokenizer: my\_gram  
> > filter: [asciifolding,lowercase]  
> > _mappings:_
> > 
> > - my\_custom\_index: \*
> > - 
> > 
> > ```
> > song_name: *
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > - 
> > 
> > ```
> > analyzer: auto*
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > - 
> > 
> > ```
> > index_analyzer: auto*
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > - 
> > 
> > ```
> > search_analyzer: auto*
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > - 
> > - 
> > - 
> > - 
> > 
> > I have tried to change many kinds of mapping but it dont apply "auto"  
> > analyze to "my\_custom\_index" or "song\_name" type of "my\_custom\_index".  
> > ex:  
> > _mappings:_
> > 
> > - my\_custom\_index: \*
> > - 
> > 
> > ```
> > analyzer: auto*
> > 
> > ```
> > 
> > - 
> > - 
> > 
> > ....

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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 6, 2017, 3:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/set-custom-settings-for-a-index/9799/4 "2017-07-06T03:03:04Z")

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