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| - numeric values are cast to the first compatible format between `i64`, `u64` or | ||
| `f64` (in this order) | ||
| - for string values (surrounded with quotes), Tantivy attempts to parse a date | ||
| in `rfc3339` format. If the parsing fails, the value is stored as `text` using |
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i'm not sure that's what is actually happening, following this thread #6074 (comment)
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For regular json types (and dynamic mappings of course) it is. It's only concatenate fields where the JSON text value doesn't go through this parsing. I clarified this now.
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Clarify how json types are stored and provide some pointers regarding concat field specificities.