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Tablestore:Full-text search

Last Updated:Jun 04, 2026

Tablestore provides match query and match phrase query for full-text search. Queries match data based on tokens and can highlight matched keywords in results.

Background information

When you create a search index, you can specify a Tokenization method for Text fields. The default is single-word tokenization.

Data query

Full-text search supports the following query features.

Feature

Description

Scenario

Match query

Searches for data containing a keyword based on approximate matches. Tablestore tokenizes Text field values and query keywords using the specified method, then matches based on tokens.

Big data analytics, content search, knowledge management, social media analysis, log analysis, intelligent Q&A systems, and compliance review.

Match phrase query

Searches for data containing a keyword where tokens appear in a specific order based on approximate matches. A row matches only when its token order and positions match those in the tokenized keyword.

Big data analytics, content search, and intelligent recommendation.

Data processing

Full-text search supports the following data processing features.

Feature

Description

Highlight the query results

Highlights text that matches or relates to the query strings in search results, helping users quickly locate the query strings.