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Exercises: token type

Refer back to the string section above for details on configuring the token field type.

equals on strings​

🔗 Playground link: equals on string mismatch

The category field is a string. Try using the string field type - why doesn't it work? What's the right type to use in order to use the equals operator?

Solution

The token type must be manually/statically mapped; it is not dynamically mapped.

{
  "mappings": {
    "dynamic": true,
    "fields": {
      "category": [
        {
          "type": "token"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

🔗 token type equals fixed

in and range on strings​

Similarly, the token field type is needed to do in and range queries on exact strings.