# Suggesters not working in Elasticsearch 5.3 (AWS)

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 21, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059 "2018-03-21T19:12:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![esUser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@esUser2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esUser2)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059/1 "2018-03-21T19:12:37Z")

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I can't get suggesters to work in Elasticsearch 5.3 (AWS).  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html#search-suggesters](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters.html#search-suggesters)

I'm trying the samples but the options array for the returned suggesters is always an empty array. Is there any special mapping I need to do on my index? Are suggesters supported on the AWS version of Elasticsearch 5.3?

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**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 21, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059/2 "2018-03-21T19:28:11Z")

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In case it changes anything here is the doc for 5.3: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/search-suggesters.html#search-suggesters](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/search-suggesters.html#search-suggesters)

If it doesn't work, may be ask their support.

BTW did you look at [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) and [https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01N6YCISK](https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B01N6YCISK) ?

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**Author:** ![esUser2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a698b9/32.png) [@esUser2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/esUser2)\
**Post date:** [March 21, 2018, 7:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059/3 "2018-03-21T19:35:37Z")

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Yes, it seems to support it from the docs but I know AWS does have some features disabled.

Is there anyway to do some type of debugging to figure out why I'm not getting any suggested terms? Do the fields have to have any special type?

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**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, 2018, 9:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059/4 "2018-03-22T09:12:33Z")

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There is a full working example on this page: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/search-suggesters-phrase.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.3/search-suggesters-phrase.html)

You can run it on AWS service. If it does not work, then create a free trial instance on [cloud.elastic.co](http://cloud.elastic.co) and try there as well.

That will give you the answer I guess.

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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:** [April 19, 2018, 9:13am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/suggesters-not-working-in-elasticsearch-5-3-aws/125059/5 "2018-04-19T09:13:02Z")

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