# Text or Keyword for short non-indexable fields?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-or-keyword-for-short-non-indexable-fields/235069>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 31, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-or-keyword-for-short-non-indexable-fields/235069 "2020-05-31T14:24:22Z")\
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**Author:** ![Guerreiro\_Sousa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/guerreiro_sousa/32/46074_2.png) [@Guerreiro\_Sousa](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Guerreiro_Sousa)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-or-keyword-for-short-non-indexable-fields/235069/1 "2020-05-31T14:24:22Z")

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What is cheaper, storing a text field as non-indexable or as a keyword field as non-indexable?

I did a test and when storing a keyword type as not indexable the kibana still considers it as an aggregable field. It was from this observation that this doubt was born.

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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:** [June 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-or-keyword-for-short-non-indexable-fields/235069/2 "2020-06-28T14:24:25Z")

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Closed on June 28, 2020, 2:24pm UTC

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