Example of a complex query:
"hello world" @title "example program"~5 @body python -(php|perl) @* codeThe full meaning of this search is:
- Find the words 'hello' and 'world' adjacently in any field in a document;
- Additionally, the same document must also contain the words 'example' and 'program' in the title field, with up to, but not including, 5 words between the words in question; (E.g. "example PHP program" would be matched however "example script to introduce outside data into the correct context for your program" would not because two terms have 5 or more words between them)
- Additionally, the same document must contain the word 'python' in the body field, but not contain either 'php' or 'perl';
- Additionally, the same document must contain the word 'code' in any field.
OR operator precedence is higher than AND, so "looking for cat | dog | mouse" means "looking for ( cat | dog | mouse )" and not "(looking for cat) | dog | mouse".
To understand how a query will be executed, Manticore Search offer query profile tooling for viewing the query tree created by a query expression.
When using SQL statement the full-text query profiling needs to be enabled before running the desired query:
SET profiling =1;
SELECT * FROM test WHERE MATCH('@title abc* @body hey');To view the query tree, we must run SHOW PLAN right after the execution of the query:
SHOW PLAN;The command will return the structure of the executed query. Please note that the 3 statements - SET profiling, the query and SHOW - must run on the same session.
When using the HTTP JSON protocol we can just enable "profile":true to get in response the full-text query tree structure.
{
"index":"test",
"profile":true,
"query":
{
"match_phrase": { "_all" : "had grown quite" }
}
}The response will contain a profile object in which we can find a member query.
query property contains the transformed full-text query tree. Each node contains:
type: node type. Can be AND, OR, PHRASE, KEYWORD etc.description: query subtree for this node shown as a string (inSHOW PLANformat)children: child nodes, if anymax_field_pos: maximum position within a field
A keyword node will also provide:
word: transformed keyword.querypos: position of this keyword in a query.excluded: keyword excluded from query.expanded: keyword added by prefix expansion.field_start: keyword must occur at the very start of the field.field_end: keyword must occur at the very end of the field.boost: keyword IDF will be multiplied by this.
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SET profiling=1;
SELECT * FROM test WHERE MATCH('@title abc* @body hey');
SHOW PLAN \GPOST /search
{
"index": "forum",
"query": {"query_string": "i me"},
"_source": { "excludes":["*"] },
"limit": 1,
"profile":true
}$result = $index->search('i me')->setSource(['excludes'=>['*']])->setLimit(1)->profile()->get();
print_r($result->getProfile());searchApi.search({"index":"forum","query":{"query_string":"i me"},"_source":{"excludes":["*"]},"limit":1,"profile":True})res = await searchApi.search({"index":"forum","query":{"query_string":"i me"},"_source":{"excludes":["*"]},"limit":1,"profile":true});
query = new HashMap<String,Object>();
query.put("query_string","i me");
searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
searchRequest.setIndex("forum");
searchRequest.setQuery(query);
searchRequest.setProfile(true);
searchRequest.setLimit(1);
searchRequest.setSort(new ArrayList<String>(){{
add("*");
}});
searchResponse = searchApi.search(searchRequest);
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Response
*************************** 1\. row ***************************
Variable: transformed_tree
Value: AND(
OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(abcx, querypos=1, expanded), KEYWORD(abcm, querypos=1, expanded)),
AND(fields=(body), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)))
1 row in set (0.00 sec){
"took":1503,
"timed_out":false,
"hits":
{
"total":406301,
"hits":
[
{
"_id":"406443",
"_score":3493,
"_source":{}
}
]
},
"profile":
{
"query":
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND( AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2)))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"i",
"querypos":1
}
]
},
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"me",
"querypos":2
}
]
}
]
}
}
}Array
(
[query] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND( AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2)))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => i
[querypos] => 1
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => me
[querypos] => 2
)
)
)
)
)
){'hits': {'hits': [{u'_id': u'100', u'_score': 2500, u'_source': {}}],
'total': 1},
'profile': {u'query': {u'children': [{u'children': [{u'querypos': 1,
u'type': u'KEYWORD',
u'word': u'i'}],
u'description': u'AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1))',
u'type': u'AND'},
{u'children': [{u'querypos': 2,
u'type': u'KEYWORD',
u'word': u'me'}],
u'description': u'AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2))',
u'type': u'AND'}],
u'description': u'AND( AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2)))',
u'type': u'AND'}},
'timed_out': False,
'took': 0}
{"hits": {"hits": [{"_id": "100", "_score": 2500, "_source": {}}],
"total": 1},
"profile": {"query": {"children": [{"children": [{"querypos": 1,
"type": "KEYWORD",
"word": "i"}],
"description": "AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1))",
"type": "AND"},
{"children": [{"querypos": 2,
"type": "KEYWORD",
"word": "me"}],
"description": "AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2))",
"type": "AND"}],
"description": "AND( AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2)))",
"type": "AND"}},
"timed_out": False,
"took": 0}
class SearchResponse {
took: 18
timedOut: false
hits: class SearchResponseHits {
total: 1
hits: [{_id=100, _score=2500, _source={}}]
aggregations: null
}
profile: {query={type=AND, description=AND( AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2))), children=[{type=AND, description=AND(KEYWORD(i, querypos=1)), children=[{type=KEYWORD, word=i, querypos=1}]}, {type=AND, description=AND(KEYWORD(me, querypos=2)), children=[{type=KEYWORD, word=me, querypos=2}]}]}}
}In some cases the evaluated query tree can be rather different from the original one because of expansions and other transformations.
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SET profiling=1;
SELECT id FROM forum WHERE MATCH('@title way* @content hey') LIMIT 1;
SHOW PLAN;POST /search
{
"index": "forum",
"query": {"query_string": "@title way* @content hey"},
"_source": { "excludes":["*"] },
"limit": 1,
"profile":true
}$result = $index->search('@title way* @content hey')->setSource(['excludes'=>['*']])->setLimit(1)->profile()->get();
print_r($result->getProfile());
searchApi.search({"index":"forum","query":{"query_string":"@title way* @content hey"},"_source":{"excludes":["*"]},"limit":1,"profile":true})res = await searchApi.search({"index":"forum","query":{"query_string":"@title way* @content hey"},"_source":{"excludes":["*"]},"limit":1,"profile":true});
query = new HashMap<String,Object>();
query.put("query_string","@title way* @content hey");
searchRequest = new SearchRequest();
searchRequest.setIndex("forum");
searchRequest.setQuery(query);
searchRequest.setProfile(true);
searchRequest.setLimit(1);
searchRequest.setSort(new ArrayList<String>(){{
add("*");
}});
searchResponse = searchApi.search(searchRequest);
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Response
Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
+--------+
| id |
+--------+
| 711651 |
+--------+
1 row in set (0.04 sec)
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Variable | Value |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| transformed_tree | AND(
OR(
OR(
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)),
OR(
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)),
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))),
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded)),
OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))),
AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))) |
+------------------+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec){
"took":33,
"timed_out":false,
"hits":
{
"total":105,
"hits":
[
{
"_id":"711651",
"_score":2539,
"_source":{}
}
]
},
"profile":
{
"query":
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND( OR( OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded)), OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))), AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"OR",
"description":"OR( OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded)), OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"OR",
"description":"OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded))))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields":["title"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"wayne",
"querypos":1,
"expanded":true
}
]
},
{
"type":"OR",
"description":"OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))",
"children":
[
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields":["title"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"ways",
"querypos":1,
"expanded":true
}
]
},
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields":["title"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"wayyy",
"querypos":1,
"expanded":true
}
]
}
]
}
]
},
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields":["title"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"way",
"querypos":1,
"expanded":true
}
]
},
{
"type":"OR",
"description":"OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields":["title"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"way*",
"querypos":1,
"expanded":true
}
]
}
]
},
{
"type":"AND",
"description":"AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))",
"fields":["content"],
"max_field_pos":0,
"children":
[
{
"type":"KEYWORD",
"word":"hey",
"querypos":2
}
]
}
]
}
}
}Array
(
[query] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND( OR( OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded)), OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))), AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => OR
[description] => OR( OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded)), OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => OR
[description] => OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded)), OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded))))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayne, querypos=1, expanded))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => title
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => wayne
[querypos] => 1
[expanded] => 1
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[type] => OR
[description] => OR( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded)))
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(ways, querypos=1, expanded))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => title
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => ways
[querypos] => 1
[expanded] => 1
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(wayyy, querypos=1, expanded))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => title
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => wayyy
[querypos] => 1
[expanded] => 1
)
)
)
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way, querypos=1, expanded))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => title
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => way
[querypos] => 1
[expanded] => 1
)
)
)
[2] => Array
(
[type] => OR
[description] => OR(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => title
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => way*
[querypos] => 1
[expanded] => 1
)
)
)
)
)
[1] => Array
(
[type] => AND
[description] => AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))
[fields] => Array
(
[0] => content
)
[max_field_pos] => 0
[children] => Array
(
[0] => Array
(
[type] => KEYWORD
[word] => hey
[querypos] => 2
)
)
)
)
)
)
{'hits': {'hits': [{u'_id': u'2811025403043381551',
u'_score': 2643,
u'_source': {}}],
'total': 1},
'profile': {u'query': {u'children': [{u'children': [{u'expanded': True,
u'querypos': 1,
u'type': u'KEYWORD',
u'word': u'way*'}],
u'description': u'AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))',
u'fields': [u'title'],
u'type': u'AND'},
{u'children': [{u'querypos': 2,
u'type': u'KEYWORD',
u'word': u'hey'}],
u'description': u'AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))',
u'fields': [u'content'],
u'type': u'AND'}],
u'description': u'AND( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)))',
u'type': u'AND'}},
'timed_out': False,
'took': 0}
{"hits": {"hits": [{"_id": "2811025403043381551",
"_score": 2643,
"_source": {}}],
"total": 1},
"profile": {"query": {"children": [{"children": [{"expanded": True,
"querypos": 1,
"type": "KEYWORD",
"word": "way*"}],
"description": "AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded))",
"fields": ["title"],
"type": "AND"},
{"children": [{"querypos": 2,
"type": "KEYWORD",
"word": "hey"}],
"description": "AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))",
"fields": ["content"],
"type": "AND"}],
"description": "AND( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)))",
"type": "AND"}},
"timed_out": False,
"took": 0}class SearchResponse {
took: 18
timedOut: false
hits: class SearchResponseHits {
total: 1
hits: [{_id=2811025403043381551, _score=2643, _source={}}]
aggregations: null
}
profile: {query={type=AND, description=AND( AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)), AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2))), children=[{type=AND, description=AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(way*, querypos=1, expanded)), fields=[title], children=[{type=KEYWORD, word=way*, querypos=1, expanded=true}]}, {type=AND, description=AND(fields=(content), KEYWORD(hey, querypos=2)), fields=[content], children=[{type=KEYWORD, word=hey, querypos=2}]}]}}
}The SQL statement EXPLAIN QUERY allows displaying the execution tree of a provided full-text query without running an actual search query on the table.
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EXPLAIN QUERY index_base '@title running @body dog'\G
*************************** 1\. row ***************************
Variable: transformed_tree
Value: AND(
OR(
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(run, querypos=1, morphed)),
AND(fields=(title), KEYWORD(running, querypos=1, morphed))))
AND(fields=(body), KEYWORD(dog, querypos=2, morphed)))EXPLAIN QUERY ... option format=dot allows displaying the execution tree of a provided full-text query in hierarchical format suitable for visualization by existing tools, for example https://dreampuf.github.io/GraphvizOnline :
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EXPLAIN QUERY tbl 'i me' option format=dot\G
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EXPLAIN QUERY tbl 'i me' option format=dot\G
*************************** 1. row ***************************
Variable: transformed_tree
Value: digraph "transformed_tree"
{
0 [shape=record,style=filled,bgcolor="lightgrey" label="AND"]
0 -> 1
1 [shape=record,style=filled,bgcolor="lightgrey" label="AND"]
1 -> 2
2 [shape=record label="i | { querypos=1 }"]
0 -> 3
3 [shape=record,style=filled,bgcolor="lightgrey" label="AND"]
3 -> 4
4 [shape=record label="me | { querypos=2 }"]
}When expression ranker is used, it is possible to expose the values of the calculated factors using PACKEDFACTORS().
The function returns:
- the values of document level factors (like bm25, field_mask, doc_word_count)
- list with each field that returned a hit (like lcs, hit_count, word_count, sum_idf, min_hit_pos etc.)
- list with each keyword from the query and their tf and idf values
The values can be used to understand why certain documents get scored lower or higher in a search or to improve the existing ranking expression.
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id: 1
packedfactors(): bm25=569, bm25a=0.617197, field_mask=2, doc_word_count=2,
field1=(lcs=1, hit_count=2, word_count=2, tf_idf=0.152356,
min_idf=-0.062982, max_idf=0.215338, sum_idf=0.152356, min_hit_pos=4,
min_best_span_pos=4, exact_hit=0, max_window_hits=1, min_gaps=2,
exact_order=1, lccs=1, wlccs=0.215338, atc=-0.003974),
word0=(tf=1, idf=-0.062982),
word1=(tf=1, idf=0.215338)
1 row in set (0.00 sec)Queries may be automatically optimized if OPTION boolean_simplify=1 is specified. Some transformations performed by this optimization include:
- Excess brackets: ((A | B) | C) becomes ( A | B | C ); ((A B) C) becomes ( A B C )
- Excess AND NOT: ((A !N1) !N2) becomes (A !(N1 | N2))
- Common NOT: ((A !N) | (B !N)) becomes ((A|B) !N)
- Common Compound NOT: ((A !(N AA)) | (B !(N BB))) becomes (((A|B) !N) | (A !AA) | (B !BB)) if the cost of evaluating N is greater than the added together costs of evaluating A and B
- Common subterm: ((A (N | AA)) | (B (N | BB))) becomes (((A|B) N) | (A AA) | (B BB)) if the cost of evaluating N is greater than the added together costs of evaluating A and B
- Common keywords: (A | "A B"~N) becomes A; ("A B" | "A B C") becomes "A B"; ("A B"~N | "A B C"~N) becomes ("A B"~N)
- Common phrase: ("X A B" | "Y A B") becomes ("("X"|"Y") A B")
- Common AND NOT: ((A !X) | (A !Y) | (A !Z)) becomes (A !(X Y Z))
- Common OR NOT: ((A !(N | N1)) | (B !(N | N2))) becomes (( (A !N1) | (B !N2) ) !N)
Note that optimizing the queries consumes CPU time, so for simple queries -or for hand-optimized queries- you'll do better with the default
boolean_simplify=0value. Simplifications are often better for complex queries, or algorithmically generated queries.
Queries like "-dog", which implicitly include all documents from the collection, can not be evaluated. This is both for technical and performance reasons. Technically, Manticore does not always keep a list of all IDs. Performance-wise, when the collection is huge (ie. 10-100M documents), evaluating such queries could take very long.