Elasticsearch array of objects. Let's create very simple index, add a type with one field and add one document with array of objects (I use sense console): PUT /test/ PUT /test/test/ Sep 17, 2025 · When Should I Use Nested Objects? Elasticsearch nested objects are a perfect match for data structures containing collections of inner objects tightly coupled with the outer object and/or describing the outer object. Special property x-osdu-indexing with values nested or flattened used to define an array of objects representation in elasticsearch: Aug 29, 2024 · Hello, I'm new to Elasticsearch and I'm exploring ways to search for a specific index within an array of objects. Arrays of objects in Elasticsearch do not behave as you would expect: queries may match fields across different objects in the array, leading to unexpected results. For example, the text value of the object with a rank value of 1 in the items array should definitely be "car", and the text value of the object with a rank value of 2 in the array should definitely be "ship". So you don't have to specify anything specific in the mapping to store an array of values. io. For instance, I've indexed the following document, but I want to perform a query that matches the authors array only if the elements are in a specific order. To ensure queries match values within the same object, use the nested data type instead of the object data type. For instance, given documents with a mapping Feb 22, 2022 · Querying values in an array field in Elasticsearch Published on Tuesday, 22 February 2022 by Russ Cam elasticsearch search query array ElasticSearch: Querying a field that's an array of objects Asked 9 years, 10 months ago Modified 9 years, 9 months ago Viewed 11k times Elasticsearch 5 603 May 24, 2020 Query a nested object Elasticsearch 1 301 June 10, 2019 Query on nested object does not return any hits Elasticsearch 2 401 July 6, 2017 I cant search nested Elasticsearch 4 177 August 22, 2023 Nested field type The nested type is a specialised version of the object data type that allows arrays of objects to be indexed in a way that they can be queried independently of each other. Further more, searching for documents that contain an object with a given property in an array is just as easy. xsm tl8hdi kkjjdn pdexjd h6 lofly py7a jhibsf ts9z vi