Elasticsearch 7.13: Search Templates Guide

Introduction

Kacper Bąk
2 min readSep 30, 2023

Search is critical in the airline industry. From looking up flights to sorting them based on various criteria, Elasticsearch provides a powerful toolset. This guide walks you through creating a search template in Elasticsearch 7.13 for an airline’s flight data.

Set-up

Before you start, ensure you have access to an Elasticsearch and Kibana instance. Log in to Kibana using your credentials.

Screenshot: Kibana Login Screen
Screenshot: Kibana Login Screen

Creating the flights_template Search Template

  1. Open the Kibana Console.
  2. Create a new search template called flights_template.

Here’s a code snippet:

PUT _scripts/flights_template
{
"script": {
"lang": "mustache",
"source": {
"from": "{{from}}{{^from}}0{{/from}}",
"size": "{{size}}{{^size}}25{{/size}}",
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"wildcard": {
"Carrier": {
"value": "{{carrier}}{{^carrier}}*{{/carrier}}",
"case_insensitive": true
}
}
},
{
"wildcard": {
"OriginCityName": {
"value": "{{origin}}{{^origin}}*{{/origin}}"…

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Kacper Bąk
Kacper Bąk

Written by Kacper Bąk

Software Engineer & Backend Developer

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