Span within little must be of type span query – How to solve this Elasticsearch exception

Opster Team

August-23, Version: 6.8-8.9

Briefly, this error occurs when the ‘span_within’ query in Elasticsearch is not correctly formatted. The ‘span_within’ query requires a ‘span’ type query, but it seems that a different type of query has been provided. To resolve this issue, you should ensure that the ‘span_within’ query is correctly formatted with a ‘span’ type query. This could involve checking the syntax and structure of your query, ensuring that the correct fields are being targeted, and that the correct query type is being used.

This guide will help you check for common problems that cause the log ” span_within [little] must be of type span query ” to appear. To understand the issues related to this log, read the explanation below about the following Elasticsearch concepts: query, index.

Log Context

Log “span_within [little] must be of type span query” class name is SpanWithinQueryBuilder.java. We extracted the following from Elasticsearch source code for those seeking an in-depth context :

 big = (SpanQueryBuilder) query;
 checkNoBoost(NAME; currentFieldName; parser; big);
 } else if (LITTLE_FIELD.match(currentFieldName; parser.getDeprecationHandler())) {
 QueryBuilder query = parseInnerQueryBuilder(parser);
 if (query instanceof SpanQueryBuilder == false) {
 throw new ParsingException(parser.getTokenLocation(); "span_within [little] must be of type span query");
 }
 little = (SpanQueryBuilder) query;
 checkNoBoost(NAME; currentFieldName; parser; little);
 } else {
 throw new ParsingException(

 

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