Why mappings define document structure in Elasticsearch - Test Your Understanding

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to define a mapping with a text field named 'title'.

Elasticsearch

{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "title": { "type": "[1]" }
    }
  }
}

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Adate

Btext

Ckeyword

Dinteger

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Choosing 'keyword' instead of 'text' for searchable text fields.

The text type is used for full-text searchable string fields in Elasticsearch mappings.

2fill in blank

medium

Complete the code to define a mapping with a date field named 'publish_date'.

Elasticsearch

{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "publish_date": { "type": "[1]" }
    }
  }
}

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Adate

Btext

Cinteger

Dboolean

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'text' type for date fields.

The date type is used to store date values in Elasticsearch mappings.

3fill in blank

hard

Fix the error in the mapping by choosing the correct type for the 'price' field.

Elasticsearch

{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "price": { "type": "[1]" }
    }
  }
}

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Atext

Bdate

Ckeyword

Dfloat

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'text' or 'keyword' for numeric fields.

The float type is used for decimal numbers like prices in Elasticsearch mappings.

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hard

Fill both blanks to define a mapping with a nested object field named 'author' having a 'name' text field.

Elasticsearch

{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "author": {
        "type": "[1]",
        "properties": {
          "name": { "type": "[2]" }
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

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Anested

Bobject

Ctext

Dkeyword

Attempts:

3 left

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Common Mistakes

Using 'object' instead of 'nested' when nested queries are needed.

The nested type allows arrays of objects, and the 'name' field is text for full-text search.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to define a mapping with a 'tags' field as keyword array and a 'views' integer field.

Elasticsearch

{
  "mappings": {
    "properties": {
      "tags": { "type": "[1]" },
      "views": { "type": "[2]" },
      "active": { "type": "[3]" }
    }
  }
}

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Akeyword

Binteger

Cboolean

Dtext

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'text' for tags or wrong types for views and active.

tags use keyword for exact matches, views is an integer, and active is a boolean field.