_field_names field

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The _field_names field indexes the names of every field in a document that contains any value other than null. This field is used by the exists and missing queries to find documents that either have or don’t have any non-null value for a particular field.

The value of the _field_name field is accessible in queries, aggregations, and scripts:

# Example documents
PUT my_index/my_type/1
{
  "title": "This is a document"
}

PUT my_index/my_type/1
{
  "title": "This is another document",
  "body": "This document has a body"
}

GET my_index/_search
{
  "query": {
    "terms": {
      "_field_names": [ "title" ] 
    }
  },
  "aggs": {
    "Field names": {
      "terms": {
        "field": "_field_names", 
        "size": 10
      }
    }
  },
  "script_fields": {
    "Field names": {
      "script": "doc['_field_names']" 
    }
  }
}

Querying on the _field_names field (also see the exists and missing queries)

Aggregating on the _field_names field

Accessing the _field_names field in scripts (inline scripts must be enabled for this example to work)