Sorting a match query with ElasticSearch

Question

I'm trying to use ElasticSearch to find all records containing a particular string. I'm using a match query for this, and it's working fine.

Now, I'm trying to sort the results based on a particular field. When I try this, I get some very unexpected output, and none of the records even contain my initial search query.

My request is structured as follows:

{
"query": 
{
    "match": {"_all": "some_search_string"}
 },
 "sort": [
 {
    "some_field": {
        "order": "asc"
        }
 }
 ] }

Am I doing something wrong here?

did you get solution?

c.jack
– c.jack

2020-05-19 14:34:45 +00:00
Commented May 19, 2020 at 14:34 — c.jack
– c.jack, Commented May 19, 2020 at 14:34

Ahuman · Accepted Answer · 2015-04-16 22:31:36Z

1

In order to sort on a string field, your mapping must contain a non-analyzed version of this field. Here's a simple blog post I found that describes how you can do this using the multi_field mapping type.

edited Apr 16, 2015 at 22:31

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answered Jun 24, 2013 at 16:53

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syd_barrett Over a year ago

Thanks, but I don't think that's the issue. If I search for a particular term instead of using the match query, the sorting works just fine. For eg, if I try: "query": { "term": {"some_field": "some_Search_String"} }, the sorting works out. Is there some issue while using the sort feature with match in particular? I appreciate the help!

Pierre S. Over a year ago

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