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118 lines
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[[enabled]]
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=== `enabled`
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Elasticsearch tries to index all of the fields you give it, but sometimes you
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want to just store the field without indexing it. For instance, imagine that
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you are using Elasticsearch as a web session store. You may want to index the
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session ID and last update time, but you don't need to query or run
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aggregations on the session data itself.
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The `enabled` setting, which can be applied only to the top-level mapping
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definition and to <<object,`object`>> fields, causes Elasticsearch to skip
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parsing of the contents of the field entirely. The JSON can still be retrieved
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from the <<mapping-source-field,`_source`>> field, but it is not searchable or
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stored in any other way:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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PUT my_index
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{
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"mappings": {
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"properties": {
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"user_id": {
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"type": "keyword"
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},
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"last_updated": {
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"type": "date"
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},
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"session_data": { <1>
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"type": "object",
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"enabled": false
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}
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}
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}
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}
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PUT my_index/_doc/session_1
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{
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"user_id": "kimchy",
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"session_data": { <2>
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"arbitrary_object": {
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"some_array": [ "foo", "bar", { "baz": 2 } ]
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}
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},
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"last_updated": "2015-12-06T18:20:22"
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}
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PUT my_index/_doc/session_2
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{
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"user_id": "jpountz",
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"session_data": "none", <3>
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"last_updated": "2015-12-06T18:22:13"
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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<1> The `session_data` field is disabled.
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<2> Any arbitrary data can be passed to the `session_data` field as it will be entirely ignored.
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<3> The `session_data` will also ignore values that are not JSON objects.
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The entire mapping may be disabled as well, in which case the document is
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stored in the <<mapping-source-field,`_source`>> field, which means it can be
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retrieved, but none of its contents are indexed in any way:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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PUT my_index
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{
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"mappings": {
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"enabled": false <1>
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}
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}
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PUT my_index/_doc/session_1
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{
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"user_id": "kimchy",
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"session_data": {
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"arbitrary_object": {
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"some_array": [ "foo", "bar", { "baz": 2 } ]
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}
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},
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"last_updated": "2015-12-06T18:20:22"
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}
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GET my_index/_doc/session_1 <2>
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GET my_index/_mapping <3>
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--------------------------------------------------
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<1> The entire mapping is disabled.
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<2> The document can be retrieved.
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<3> Checking the mapping reveals that no fields have been added.
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The `enabled` setting for existing fields and the top-level mapping
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definition cannot be updated.
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Note that because Elasticsearch completely skips parsing the field
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contents, it is possible to add non-object data to a disabled field:
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[source,console]
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--------------------------------------------------
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PUT my_index
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{
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"mappings": {
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"properties": {
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"session_data": {
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"type": "object",
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"enabled": false
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}
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}
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}
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}
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PUT my_index/_doc/session_1
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{
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"session_data": "foo bar" <1>
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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<1> The document is added successfully, even though `session_data` contains non-object data. |