Search for name(text) with spaces in elasticsearch

You can use the multi field type, a bool query and the custom boost factor query to solve this problem.

Mapping:

{    "mappings" : {        "user" : {                    "properties" : {                "name": {                    "type": "multi_field",                    "fields": {                        "name": { "type" : "string", "index": "analyzed" },                        "exact": { "type" : "string", "index": "not_analyzed" }                    }                }            }        }    }}

Query:

{    "query": {        "bool": {            "must": [                {                    "match": {                        "name": "Maaz Tariq"                    }                }            ],            "should": [                {                    "custom_boost_factor": {                        "query": {                            "term": {                                "name.exact": "Maaz Tariq"                            }                        },                        "boost_factor": 15                    }                },                {                    "custom_boost_factor": {                        "query": {                            "prefix": {                                "name.exact": "Maaz Tariq"                            }                        },                        "boost_factor": 10                    }                },                {                    "custom_boost_factor": {                        "query": {                            "match_phrase": {                                "name": {                                    "query": "Maaz Tariq",                                    "slop": 0                                }                            }                        },                        "boost_factor": 5                    }                }            ]        }    }}

edit:

As pointed out by javanna, the custom_boost_factor isn't needed.

Query without custom_boost_factor:

{    "query": {        "bool": {            "must": [                {                    "match": {                        "name": "Maaz Tariq"                    }                }            ],            "should": [                {                    "term": {                        "name.exact": {                            "value": "Maaz Tariq",                            "boost": 15                        }                    }                },                {                    "prefix": {                        "name.exact": {                            "value": "Maaz Tariq",                            "boost": 10                        }                    }                },                {                    "match_phrase": {                        "name": {                            "query": "Maaz Tariq",                            "slop": 0,                            "boost": 5                        }                    }                }            ]        }    }}

In case of Java Api, when quering exact strings with spaces use;

CLIENT.prepareSearch(index)    .setQuery(QueryBuilders.queryStringQuery(wordString)    .field(fieldName));

In a lot of other queries, you get nothing as result

And from Elasticsearch 1.0:

"title": {    "type": "multi_field",    "fields": {        "title": { "type": "string" },        "raw":   { "type": "string", "index": "not_analyzed" }    }}

became:

"title": {    "type": "string",    "fields": {        "raw":   { "type": "string", "index": "not_analyzed" }    }}

https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/multi-fields.html