# What is the use of analyzer in Elasticsearch and why we need to go for that?

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**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 2, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-use-of-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-and-why-we-need-to-go-for-that/73691 "2017-02-02T13:52:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/aca169/32.png) [@PrabakarKaruppasamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PrabakarKaruppasamy)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 1:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-use-of-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-and-why-we-need-to-go-for-that/73691/1 "2017-02-02T13:52:48Z")

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Can anyone explain about what is the use of analyzer and why we need to go for that?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [February 2, 2017, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-use-of-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-and-why-we-need-to-go-for-that/73691/2 "2017-02-02T14:27:42Z")

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Have you had a look at the documentation? If not, I would recommend starting with the following:

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/analysis-intro.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/2.x/analysis-intro.html)

[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/analysis.html#analysis](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/5.2/analysis.html#analysis)

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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:** [March 2, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-use-of-analyzer-in-elasticsearch-and-why-we-need-to-go-for-that/73691/3 "2017-03-02T14:28:00Z")

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Closed on March 2, 2017, 2:28pm UTC

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