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ELASTICSEARCH TYPES

Core Field Types

Type	Description	Use Case
text	Analyzed field for full-text search. Tokenized, stemmed	Searchable content (descriptions, titles)
keyword	Exact value field. Not analyzed	Filtering, sorting, aggregations (IDs, categories, tags)
integer/long	Whole numbers	Counters, IDs, quantities
float/double	Decimal numbers	Prices, measurements, scores
date	Timestamps and dates	Created/updated times, events
boolean	true/false values	Flags, status indicators
object	Nested JSON objects (flattened)	Structured data without array relationships
nested	Maintains object relationships in arrays	Complex nested structures
geo_point	Latitude/longitude coordinates	Location data, mapping
ip	IPv4/IPv6 addresses	Network data, security logs

Best Practices

• Use multi-fields when you need both search (text) and aggregation (keyword) capabilities
• Choose appropriate numeric types based on value ranges and precision needs

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References

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