# Using different analyzers for a single field (depends on condition)

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 3, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-different-analyzers-for-a-single-field-depends-on-condition/17328 "2014-05-03T06:58:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![Loic\_Wenkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4491bb/32.png) [@Loic\_Wenkin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Loic_Wenkin)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2014, 6:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-different-analyzers-for-a-single-field-depends-on-condition/17328/1 "2014-05-03T06:58:51Z")

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Hello everybody,

I was just wondering if it could be possible to use different analyzers for  
a field which is present in different nested elements. To be more clear,  
this is what I would like to do :

Imagine I have this kind of structure :

{  
a: [  
{  
text: blabla,  
language: fr  
},  
{  
text: toto,  
language: en  
}  
]  
}

What I would like to do is using french analyzer for text with "language:  
fr", and english (or standard) analyzer for texy with "language: en". From  
what I read, it's not possible, but I would like to know if someone have  
found a solution to do this. What I am doing in order to do this is using a  
structure like this:

{  
a: {  
fr: {  
text: blabla  
},  
en: {  
text: toto  
}  
}  
}

Using this, I can specify analyzers with the full path, but it could be  
great if I can specify analyzers as explained in the first structure (using  
script, or a kind of conditionnal analyzer or ...).

Any help would be appreciated 🙂

Regards,  
Loïc

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**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-different-analyzers-for-a-single-field-depends-on-condition/17328/2 "2014-05-05T11:21:30Z")

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Hey,

using different analyzers in one document, which are extracted from the  
document is not possible. However if you have one document per language,  
you could use the \_analyzer capability for this, see

> **[Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale](https://www.elastic.co)**
>
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Hope this helps...

--Alex

On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Loïc Wenkin [loic.wenkin@gmail.com](mailto:loic.wenkin@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hello everybody,
> 
> I was just wondering if it could be possible to use different analyzers  
> for a field which is present in different nested elements. To be more  
> clear, this is what I would like to do :
> 
> Imagine I have this kind of structure :
> 
> {  
> a: [  
> {  
> text: blabla,  
> language: fr  
> },  
> {  
> text: toto,  
> language: en  
> }  
> ]  
> }
> 
> What I would like to do is using french analyzer for text with "language:  
> fr", and english (or standard) analyzer for texy with "language: en". From  
> what I read, it's not possible, but I would like to know if someone have  
> found a solution to do this. What I am doing in order to do this is using a  
> structure like this:
> 
> {  
> a: {  
> fr: {  
> text: blabla  
> },  
> en: {  
> text: toto  
> }  
> }  
> }
> 
> Using this, I can specify analyzers with the full path, but it could be  
> great if I can specify analyzers as explained in the first structure (using  
> script, or a kind of conditionnal analyzer or ...).
> 
> Any help would be appreciated 🙂
> 
> Regards,  
> Loïc
> 
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2014, 4:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-different-analyzers-for-a-single-field-depends-on-condition/17328/3 "2014-05-05T16:55:57Z")

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Hello Alex,

Thanks for your reply. I have already looked at the \_analyzer capability,  
but it doesn't help me. I will continue using the structure I described  
above.

Loïc

Le lundi 5 mai 2014 13:21:30 UTC+2, Alexander Reelsen a écrit :

> Hey,
> 
> using different analyzers in one document, which are extracted from the  
> document is not possible. However if you have one document per language,  
> you could use the \_analyzer capability for this, see  
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/mapping-analyzer-field.html#mapping-analyzer-field)
> 
> Hope this helps...
> 
> --Alex
> 
> On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 8:58 AM, Loïc Wenkin \<[loic....@gmail.com](mailto:loic....@gmail.com)\<javascript:\>
> 
> > wrote:
> 
> > Hello everybody,
> > 
> > I was just wondering if it could be possible to use different analyzers  
> > for a field which is present in different nested elements. To be more  
> > clear, this is what I would like to do :
> > 
> > Imagine I have this kind of structure :
> > 
> > {  
> > a: [  
> > {  
> > text: blabla,  
> > language: fr  
> > },  
> > {  
> > text: toto,  
> > language: en  
> > }  
> > ]  
> > }
> > 
> > What I would like to do is using french analyzer for text with "language:  
> > fr", and english (or standard) analyzer for texy with "language: en". From  
> > what I read, it's not possible, but I would like to know if someone have  
> > found a solution to do this. What I am doing in order to do this is using a  
> > structure like this:
> > 
> > {  
> > a: {  
> > fr: {  
> > text: blabla  
> > },  
> > en: {  
> > text: toto  
> > }  
> > }  
> > }
> > 
> > Using this, I can specify analyzers with the full path, but it could be  
> > great if I can specify analyzers as explained in the first structure (using  
> > script, or a kind of conditionnal analyzer or ...).
> > 
> > Any help would be appreciated 🙂
> > 
> > Regards,  
> > Loïc
> > 
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**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 1:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-different-analyzers-for-a-single-field-depends-on-condition/17328/4 "2017-07-06T01:31:35Z")

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