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Aldarund
Aldarund

Reputation: 17621

elasticsearch default_field vs fields different results

Here is two queries. First:

{
  "query": {
    "filtered": {
      "query": {
        "query_string": {
          "query": "27444.2",
          "default_field": "text"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "from": 0,
  "size": 50
}

Second:

{
  "query": {
    "filtered": {
      "query": {
        "query_string": {
          "query": "27444.2"
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "fields": ["text"],
  "from": 0,
  "size": 50
}

The only difference between them is that in first i use default_field to specify a field to search, and in second i specify it through fields param. The field name is the same. I expect both variant to produce same results, but thats not the case. The first variant doesn't return any results, and the second return a result. So what im doing wrong here? Where is the catch

elasticsearch 1.4.2

Upvotes: 1

Views: 1107

Answers (2)

Deepak
Deepak

Reputation: 511

2 queries are not the same. First searches the field 'text' and second searches all fields and in response, returns only 'field'.

Upvotes: 1

Vineeth Mohan
Vineeth Mohan

Reputation: 19283

The way you have given fields param is wrong. In the second case you are referring to the field params in the query where you are restricting the results to show only certain fields and not the entire _source

The following one is what you are looking for - 

{
  "query": {
    "filtered": {
      "query": {
        "query_string": {
          "query": "27444.2",
          "fields": ["text"]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "from": 0,
  "size": 50
}

Upvotes: 2

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