# \_msearch tag returns Failed to derive xcontent always

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-msearch-tag-returns-failed-to-derive-xcontent-always/71317>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-msearch-tag-returns-failed-to-derive-xcontent-always/71317 "2017-01-12T05:35:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![sstest](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sstest/32/43659_2.png) [@sstest](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sstest)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2017, 5:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-msearch-tag-returns-failed-to-derive-xcontent-always/71317/1 "2017-01-12T05:35:59Z")

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I am new to ES and I am going thru the \_msearch for my requirement i.e. fetching records from multiple indexes. Problem is \_msearch is always returns the below error and even \_msearch tag is not auto populating in my Kibana v5.1 view also.

Can anyone pls help,

Request:-  
POST /ratecards/\_msearch

Response:-  
{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "parse\_exception",  
"reason": "Failed to derive xcontent"  
}  
],  
"type": "parse\_exception",  
"reason": "Failed to derive xcontent"  
},  
"status": 400  
}

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [February 9, 2017, 5:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/-msearch-tag-returns-failed-to-derive-xcontent-always/71317/2 "2017-02-09T05:36:23Z")

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