Comment on Features of Solr vs. ElasticSearchComments−tarr1113ySurprised ElasticSearch doesn't support dynamic fields. That is one of the most useful featuresin SOLR.−sandGorgon13yThis is incorrect. Dynamic templates are pretty much the same thing.http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Apply-dynami...−DEinspanjer13yYou can define a mapping that customizes fields based on wildcards. For instance, you can say that any field matching *_ts is treated as a date field.That means that as new documents arrive with fields that were never seen before, if those fields end in _ts, they will be properly indexed.That feels like dynamic field support to me.−ulope13yIt really doesn't need to since you aren't bound to a fixed schema. Just use whatever fields are necessary for your documents and map them to the appropriate types.−superkt13yThis is a typo that has been corrected. dynamic fields is indeed supported!
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Surprised ElasticSearch doesn't support dynamic fields. That is one of the most useful featuresin SOLR.
This is incorrect. Dynamic templates are pretty much the same thing.
http://elasticsearch-users.115913.n3.nabble.com/Apply-dynami...
You can define a mapping that customizes fields based on wildcards. For instance, you can say that any field matching *_ts is treated as a date field.
That means that as new documents arrive with fields that were never seen before, if those fields end in _ts, they will be properly indexed.
That feels like dynamic field support to me.
It really doesn't need to since you aren't bound to a fixed schema. Just use whatever fields are necessary for your documents and map them to the appropriate types.
This is a typo that has been corrected. dynamic fields is indeed supported!