# Best way to perform a query using a concrete field of a document

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-perform-a-query-using-a-concrete-field-of-a-document/189104>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 5, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-perform-a-query-using-a-concrete-field-of-a-document/189104 "2019-07-05T12:54:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![Borwick\_5576](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/borwick_5576/32/44759_2.png) [@Borwick\_5576](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Borwick_5576)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2019, 12:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-perform-a-query-using-a-concrete-field-of-a-document/189104/1 "2019-07-05T12:54:58Z")

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Hello, I want to perform a query using a document field as an input. Is there a way this can be done without using mlt?

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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:** [August 2, 2019, 12:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/best-way-to-perform-a-query-using-a-concrete-field-of-a-document/189104/2 "2019-08-02T12:55:06Z")

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