# Can missing fliter be replace by term query: term:""?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-missing-fliter-be-replace-by-term-query-term/45201>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 23, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-missing-fliter-be-replace-by-term-query-term/45201 "2016-03-23T09:55:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![makeyang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@makeyang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/makeyang)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2016, 9:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-missing-fliter-be-replace-by-term-query-term/45201/1 "2016-03-23T09:55:54Z")

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can missing filter be replace by term query below?  
{  
"query" : {  
"term" : { "user" : "" }  
}  
}

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-missing-fliter-be-replace-by-term-query-term/45201/2 "2017-07-05T23:05:55Z")

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