[docs] Fix docs for position_increment_gap

Closes #13207
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Nik Everett 2015-08-31 13:59:00 -04:00
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<<mapping-index,Analyzed>> string fields take term <<index-options,positions>>
into account, in order to be able to support
<<query-dsl-match-query-phrase,proximity or phrase queries>>.
When indexing an array of strings, each string of the array is indexed
directly after the previous one, almost as though all the strings in the array
had been concatenated into one big string.
When indexing string fields with multiple values a "fake" gap is added between
the values to prevent most phrase queries from matching across the values. The
size of this gap is configured using `position_increment_gap` and defaults to
`100`.
This can result in matches from phrase queries spanning two array elements.
For instance:
For example:
[source,js]
--------------------------------------------------
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}
}
}
GET /my_index/groups/_search
{
"query": {
"match_phrase": {
"names": "Abraham Lincoln",
"slop": 101 <2>
}
}
}
--------------------------------------------------
// AUTOSENSE
<1> This phrase query matches our document, even though `Abraham` and `Lincoln` are in separate strings.
<1> This phrase query doesn't match our document which is totally expected.
<2> This phrase query matches our document, even though `Abraham` and `Lincoln`
are in separate strings, because `slop` > `position_increment_gap`.
The `position_increment_gap` can introduce a fake gap between each array element. For instance:
The `position_increment_gap` can be specified in the mapping. For instance:
[source,js]
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"properties": {
"names": {
"type": "string",
"position_increment_gap": 50 <1>
"position_increment_gap": 0 <1>
}
}
}
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}
--------------------------------------------------
// AUTOSENSE
<1> The first term in the next array element will be 50 terms apart from the
<1> The first term in the next array element will be 0 terms apart from the
last term in the previous array element.
<2> The phrase query no longer matches our document.
<2> The phrase query matches our document which is weird, but its what we asked
for in the mapping.
TIP: The `position_increment_gap` setting is allowed to have different settings
for fields of the same name in the same index. Its value can be updated on
existing fields using the <<indices-put-mapping,PUT mapping API>>.