# Search Engine (Elasticsearch)

NoSQL, document-oriented database.

To handle advanced search requirements, e.g. e-commerce with search functionality.

When using search functionality in an e-commerce platform, we usually can filter by location, type, category, rating, name, description, and other filters. It is not possible to create indexes for all of column with all of the possible combinations on relational DB. We should use elasticsearch instead.


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