Define and query multiple values field in Elasticsearch using NEST

Question

I would like to index documents in Elasticsearch with a multiple values field (not multifield) using NEST. Consider the following data:

{
     "id": "someid",
     "name": "name 1",
     "name": "name 2",
     "name": "name 3"
}

The Lucene query I'm looking to write should look something like this:

name:"name 2"

This query should search all of the name fields. How to do this using NEST?

Firstly copy & paste the entirety of your JSON into jsonlint.com and validate, look at the outcome — Nathan Smith
– Nathan Smith, Commented Dec 30, 2013 at 13:55
If multifield solves my problem, I don't mind using that. But I don't want to search through multiple fields here. I want to be able to index a name x times and search through all of the names. — ThomasArdal
– ThomasArdal, Commented Dec 30, 2013 at 15:12
I don't need to validate my json, cause this is valid input for Elasticsearch according to their documentation. — ThomasArdal
– ThomasArdal, Commented Dec 30, 2013 at 15:12
@ThomasArdal IEnumerable<string> Name { get; set; } is not an option here? — Martijn Laarman
– Martijn Laarman, Commented Dec 31, 2013 at 1:06

Krishna Vedula · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-11 18:29:00Z

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You can query using multi_match query as follows

{"multi_match":{"query":"java","fields":["*"]}}]}}

answered Apr 11, 2022 at 18:29

Krishna Vedula

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