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navigation_title: "How-to guides"
mapped_pages:
  - https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/semantic-text.html
applies_to:
  stack: ga 9.0
  serverless: ga
---

# How-to guides for the `semantic_text` field type

These guides provide procedure descriptions and examples for common tasks when working with `semantic_text` fields:

- [Set up and configure `semantic_text` fields](./semantic-text-setup-configuration.md): Learn how to configure {{infer}} endpoints, including default and preconfigured options, ELSER on EIS, custom endpoints, and dedicated endpoints for ingestion and search operations.

- [Ingest data with `semantic_text` fields](./semantic-text-ingestions.md): Learn how to index pre-chunked content, use `copy_to` and multi-fields to collect values from multiple fields, and perform updates and partial updates to optimize ingestion costs.

- [Search and retrieve `semantic_text` fields](./semantic-text-search-retrieval.md): Learn how to query `semantic_text` fields, retrieve indexed chunks, return field embeddings, and highlight the most relevant fragments from search results.