# Where should i put my global highlighting settings?

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-should-i-put-my-global-highlighting-settings/4541
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 3, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-should-i-put-my-global-highlighting-settings/4541 "2011-06-03T04:02:00Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author: ![Weiwei\_Wang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@Weiwei\_Wang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Weiwei_Wang)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-should-i-put-my-global-highlighting-settings/4541/1 "2011-06-03T04:02:00Z")

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1. in config/elasticsearch.json?

2. in config/mappings/index-name/xxx.json?

the guide is not very clear for this~

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### Author: ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-should-i-put-my-global-highlighting-settings/4541/2 "2011-06-03T20:12:55Z")

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The highlighting settings are sent per request in the highlighting section.

On Friday, June 3, 2011 at 7:02 AM, Weiwei Wang wrote:

> 1. in config/elasticsearch.json?
> 
> 2. in config/mappings/index-name/xxx.json?
> 
> the guide is not very clear for this~

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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: [July 6, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/where-should-i-put-my-global-highlighting-settings/4541/3 "2017-07-06T04:04:42Z")

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