Can I exclude Fields from a Full-text Search

[malcolm-silver-ice]

Following up from the Monthly Modeling Highlight on Search and Filter

Question from @benjamin-wintry-root
“Can I exclude Fields from a Full-text Search?”

In 2022 the answer was no:

Full Text Search only for matching values in Overview Model

Hi @kliegmann , Full-text search is searched in all the values of the document to get a match. For more targeted results, you can use Filter search and specify for which field of a document you would like to match values.

Is this still true?

[tomas-thin-gale]

It is true, but I would like to point out that this is not a replacement for “Full-text for what is in overview” because current solution does not allow OR between filters. So you can search for approximate match in one field, but you cannot change if this value can be found in one of the 5 fields.

Alternatively, it is possible to remove fields that are not visible in the overview by DocumentBeforeIndexEvent extension point on the DS side. But if the same DM is used by multiple overviews, you still might get a match on a field that is visible in overview 1 from overview 2.

Answers above are valid for DS 35.0.0 - 37.2.x

In version 2025.06 (DS 38.0.0), DS will allow more fine-grained control to overviews what should be matched and what should be indexed. We will also include OR operator so it will be possible to create a query more flexibly for full-text, partial, exact matches and their combinations.