# What does it mean to "store" a field? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 16, 2011, 10:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field/5893 "2011-11-16T22:43:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Pal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prashant\_Pal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Pal)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 11:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field/5893/21 "2014-09-23T11:36:30Z")
Hi Jorg/Nik, I tried the scenario like one with storing all fields and one without. So what i came across is -- The size of index is reduced as mentioned in preceding posts as well -- Search time for same query is slightly less with not storing the individual field -- But here I am getting an issue like I am not able to retrieve the content with highlight if I am using store:No for fields. So how I can overcome this issue without storing the field. Also its mentioned like : You can even highlight the content from \_source forcefully by adding "force\_source" : true as mentioned in below link. So any Idea how I can achieve that using not storing the fields. [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-highlighting.html#\_force\_highlighting\_on\_source](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-highlighting.html#_force_highlighting_on_source) ~Prashant ---
**Author:** ![jprante](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jprante/32/44941_2.png) [@jprante](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jprante)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2014, 1:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field/5893/22 "2014-09-23T13:42:07Z")
You must store the field for highlighting. Jörg On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 1:36 PM, Prashant Agrawal \< [prashant.agrawal@paladion.net](mailto:prashant.agrawal@paladion.net)\> wrote: > Hi Jorg/Nik, > > I tried the scenario like one with storing all fields and one without. So > what i came across is > > -- The size of index is reduced as mentioned in preceding posts as well > -- Search time for same query is slightly less with not storing the > individual field > -- But here I am getting an issue like I am not able to retrieve the > content > with highlight if I am using store:No for fields. So how I can overcome > this > issue without storing the field. > > Also its mentioned like : You can even highlight the content from \_source > forcefully by adding "force\_source" : true as mentioned in below link. So > any Idea how I can achieve that using not storing the fields. > > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-highlighting.html#_force_highlighting_on_source) > > ~Prashant > > -- > View this message in context: > [http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/What-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field-tp3514176p4063906.html](http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/What-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field-tp3514176p4063906.html) > Sent from the Elasticsearch Users mailing list archive at [Nabble.com](http://Nabble.com). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > To view this discussion on the web visit > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1411472190705-4063906.post%40n3.nabble.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/1411472190705-4063906.post%40n3.nabble.com) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFA3OWZTqDy\_JysqayH6K8JhqfC%2B0yspLvmGbza29mkAQ%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAKdsXoFA3OWZTqDy_JysqayH6K8JhqfC%2B0yspLvmGbza29mkAQ%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Prashant\_Pal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b77776/32.png) [@Prashant\_Pal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Prashant_Pal)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2014, 9:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field/5893/23 "2014-09-24T09:02:22Z")
Hi Jorg, But while exploring the same I came across somethink like mentioned below: You can even highlight the content from \_source forcefully by adding "force\_source" : true as mentioned in below link. So any Idea how I can achieve that using not storing the fields. [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-highlighting.html#\_force\_highlighting\_on\_source](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-request-highlighting.html#_force_highlighting_on_source) ~Prashant ---
**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, 1:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-does-it-mean-to-store-a-field/5893/24 "2017-07-06T01:00:18Z")
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