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will index the document, but skip this field.
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The [dynamic mapping](docs-content://manage-data/data-store/mapping/dynamic-mapping.md) for string fields
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defaults to a `text` field with a sub-`keyword` field with an `ignore_above` of `256`.
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defaults to a `text` field with a sub-`keyword` field with an `ignore_above` of `256`. This indexes
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all values for full text search, and indexes short values get indexed for exact matching and aggregation.
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[`index`](/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/mapping-index.md)
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: Should the field be quickly searchable? Accepts `true` (default) and `false`. `keyword` fields that only have [`doc_values`](/reference/elasticsearch/mapping-reference/doc-values.md) enabled can still be queried, albeit slower.

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