# Analysing which query clauses match
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 2, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200 "2016-03-02T07:19:13Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@akshat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akshat)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200/1 "2016-03-02T07:19:13Z")
I am using Elasticsearch to as a search engine. My queries are a complex jumble of should and must clauses. Is there same way in which I am measure the hit performance of these clauses against my incoming user queries ? Some of the clauses may be redundant which can be removed/improved.
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### Author:  [@ywelsch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ywelsch)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 11:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200/2 "2016-03-02T11:46:14Z")
Profile API might help you there:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-profile.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-profile.html)
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### Author:  [@akshat](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/akshat)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2016, 1:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200/3 "2016-03-02T13:05:08Z")
Thanks. I guess I'll need to upgrade to 2.x to use it.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/analysing-which-query-clauses-match/43200/4 "2017-07-05T23:12:03Z")