You can filter your search results by string values. This is useful for filtering by author, tags, or any other string value.

Setup a String field

To filter by string, you must first add a keyword to your index.

Indexing the following document into Elasticsearch will create a author field that can be used for filtering.

{
  "author": "John Doe" # could be ["John Doe", "Jane Doe"] for multiple authors
}

and your mapping will look like this:

{
  "properties": {
    "author": {
      "type": "text",
      "fields": {
        "keyword": {
          "type": "keyword"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Filter Attribute Configuration

Add a filter attribute to your index configuration. The filter attribute will be used to filter your search results by date.

 {
  "filter_attributes": [
    { attribute: 'author', field: 'author.keyword', type: 'string' },
  ]
 }
 

Alternatively, you can also add the attribute under facet_attributes to make it available for faceting.

 {
  "facet_attributes": [
    { attribute: 'author', field: 'author.keyword', type: 'string' }
  ]
 }
 

The attribute name must be unique in both filter_attributes and facet_attributes. If you want to use the same attribute for both filtering and faceting, add it to facet_attributes only.

Using Filter Attributes

You can use the filter attribute in your search query to filter your search results by date within configure.

Syntax Examples

Filters must follow the Elasticsearch Query String (opens in a new tab) format.

 "author:John" # author is John
 "author:John OR author:Jane" # author is John or Jane
 "author:John AND author:Jane" # author is John and Jane

Example