# Text VS Keyword

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-vs-keyword/137532>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 27, 2018, 3:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-vs-keyword/137532 "2018-06-27T03:10:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 3:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/text-vs-keyword/137532/4 "2018-06-27T03:56:15Z")

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> [@safhw91](#):
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> So I do not need ANY search, aggregation, etc, whatsoever for certain strings.

You should also set [`index: false`](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-index.html) in the mapping for these fields; this means that the field will not be _indexed for search_, but will still be stored as part of the `_source` document returned.

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