Hey, it is possible to not specify an output, then every input becomes the output. However, this does not allow to create a unified output, which, I think, is the whole purpose. There is no way to find out, which of the input actually has matched currently.
Trying to have very good outputs like, "Bank of America (before: Merryll Lynch)" might be an idea... --Alex On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 1:44 AM, redrubia <[email protected]> wrote: > From autocompleter, usually you return the matched word, the output. Is > there any way to return exactly what you matched on? > > For example if you look at the completion info > here<http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-suggesters-completion.html> > you'll > see the input for a doc is a list [ "Nevermind", "Nirvana" ] . But how do > we know if we complete on 'Nevermind' or 'Nirvana'? Arguably you can say if > the input is 'Ne' assume Nevermind, and similarly for 'Ni' for Nirvana, > but what about when these inputs get more complex? You want to know the > exact input completed on, so you can say to the user 'Your input matches > xxx', but its 'xxx' > > My main reason for asking is I have created a company index, and well > there are mergers. For example someone may type Merrill Lynch to get back > Bank of America as their output. So when they type 'Merr' to get 'Bank of > America', it lacks consistency for the user. I'd like to improve upon this, > so I can say ''Merrill Lynch', did you mean 'Bank of America'?' > > A long winded way of doing this would be to then look up the document in > the index, and determine which input was used... but this is extremely long > winded. Also secondly you could place every variant in a separate document, > so input is just a string. But this means you'd quite possibly have > multiple docs being returned with the same name, to show up multiple times > in the response (not ideal). > > Any ideas on how to do this? or if the functionality is there? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d866dcd-ba1e-4b56-b76b-9a01d891a759%40googlegroups.com<https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0d866dcd-ba1e-4b56-b76b-9a01d891a759%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CAGCwEM_YDiREKYxnjRaeugZhTAgGeO4yK0zC%2BXLFZ-QiYtsZjA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
