elasticsearch/docs/reference/analysis.asciidoc

[[analysis]]
= Text analysis

:lucene-analysis-docs:  https://lucene.apache.org/core/{lucene_version_path}/analyzers-common/org/apache/lucene/analysis

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_Text analysis_ is the process of converting unstructured text, like
the body of an email or a product description, into a structured format that's
optimized for search.

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=== When to configure text analysis

{es} performs text analysis when indexing or searching <<text,`text`>> fields.

If your index doesn't contain `text` fields, no further setup is needed; you can
skip the pages in this section.

However, if you use `text` fields or your text searches aren't returning results
as expected, configuring text analysis can often help. You should also look into
analysis configuration if you're using {es} to:

* Build a search engine
* Mine unstructured data
* Fine-tune search for a specific language
* Perform lexicographic or linguistic research

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=== In this section

* <<analysis-overview>>
* <<analysis-concepts>>
* <<configure-text-analysis>>
* <<analysis-analyzers>>
* <<analysis-tokenizers>>
* <<analysis-tokenfilters>>
* <<analysis-charfilters>>
* <<analysis-normalizers>>

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include::analysis/concepts.asciidoc[]

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include::analysis/analyzers.asciidoc[]

include::analysis/tokenizers.asciidoc[]

include::analysis/tokenfilters.asciidoc[]

include::analysis/charfilters.asciidoc[]

include::analysis/normalizers.asciidoc[]