# Cannot retrieve specific fields
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-retrieve-specific-fields/13241
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-retrieve-specific-fields/13241 "2013-08-16T14:32:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Long](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Long)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2013, 2:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-retrieve-specific-fields/13241/1 "2013-08-16T14:32:01Z")
I am trying to use the fields parameter in the request to only retrieve
certain fields
If I do a search against type (/index/type/\_search), it works. If I do a
search against index (/index/\_search), it doesn't return any fields (just
the built-in \_index, \_type, \_id, and \_score)
Here is an example:
{
"fields":["headline"],
"size":1000,
"query":{"query\_string":{"query":"\*"}}
}
If I take the fields param off when I go against /index/\_search, I get all
fields returned
Any ideas on what is wrong?
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### Author:  [@Michael\_Long](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Michael_Long)
#### Post date: [August 16, 2013, 3:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-retrieve-specific-fields/13241/2 "2013-08-16T15:40:43Z")
Nevermind I fixed it. I created a new index, new mapping, and reindex all
data into it. The new index works properly
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-retrieve-specific-fields/13241/3 "2017-07-06T02:20:52Z")