How to specify an analyzer while creating an index in ElasticSearch
"analysis" goes in the "settings" block, which goes either before or after the "mappings" block when creating an index.
"settings": { "analysis": { "analyzer": { "alfeanalyzer": { "type": "pattern", "pattern": "\\s+" } } }},"mappings": { "alfedoc": { ... }}Here's a good complete, example: Example 1