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Field Data Types

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March 23, 2025
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You can assign a data type to a field to tell the Search Service how to analyze its data.

When you create a child field on a type mapping or Create a Search Index with the Quick Editor, you need to set a field’s data type.

When you create a Search index and don’t set a data type for a field, the Search Service automatically assigns a field data type.

The following field data types are available:

Field Data Type Description

text

The field contains a string. The string can contain numbers and special characters.

number

The field contains a number. It doesn’t contain any alphabetic characters.

datetime

The field contains a date/time value that matches the format of a Date/Time Parser in the index.

boolean

The field contains a true or false value.

disabled

This field data type is deprecated. It’s included for compatibility only.

geopoint

The field contains geopoint (latitude and longitude) data, represented as either:

  • A string, as two numeric values separated by a comma.

  • A string, as a geohash point.

  • An array, as two floating point integers.

  • A JSON object, with the properties lon/lng and lat.

geoshape

The field contains a GeoJSON object. For more information about GeoJSON objects, see Search Request JSON Properties.

ip

The field contains an IP address, formatted in IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR syntax.

For example:

{
    "ipv4": "4.7.44.162",
    "ipv6": "2001:4800:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000"
}