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Autocomplete field types

The following table lists all autocomplete field types that OpenSearch supports.

Field data typeDescription
completionA completion suggester that provides autocomplete functionality using prefix completion. You need to upload a list of all possible completions into the index before using this feature.
search_as_you_typeProvides search-as-you-type functionality using both prefix and infix completion.