# Combining simple\_query\_string with range and fuzziness

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 9, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263 "2015-07-09T20:55:50Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![aarongu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aarongu/32/3626_2.png) [@aarongu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aarongu)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263/1 "2015-07-09T20:55:50Z")

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Hello All!

I have been having difficulty combining a simple\_query\_string, range, and the fuzziness field.

I can get all of them to work individually,

```
 "query": {
    "simple_query_string": {
      "query": "crit"
    }

```

and

```
 "query": {
    "filtered" : {
      "filter": {
        "range": {
          "time": {
            "gte": "11:00:00.123",
            "lte": "13:09:50.397"
          }
        }
      }
    }

```

But when i try to combine simple\_query\_string and the range, I would assume its something like this, but its not.

```
"filtered": {
    "query": {
      "simple_query_string": {
        "query": "crit"
      }
    },
    "filter" : {
      "range": {
          "time": {
            "lte": "15:12:50.123",
            "gte": "12:09:50.914"
          }
      }
    }
  }

```

Any suggestions on how to fix this query, or if this is even possible?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![aarongu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aarongu/32/3626_2.png) [@aarongu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aarongu)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 9:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263/2 "2015-07-09T21:20:12Z")

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Update, I probably need to use from and to within the range and not lte and gte.  
I have tried another attempt and this is it:

```
{
  "filtered": {
    "query": {
      "match_all": {}
    },
    "filter": {
      "and": [
        {
          "range": {
            "time": {
              "from" : "11:00:00.123",
               "to": "13:09:50.394"
              }
            }
          },
          {
          "term" : {
            "priority": "CRIT"
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
```

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**Author:** ![aarongu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aarongu/32/3626_2.png) [@aarongu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/aarongu)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2015, 9:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263/3 "2015-07-09T21:24:33Z")

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update 2:  
figured it out. If any simpler ways, please suggest.

```
"query" : {
"filtered" : {
  "query" : {
    "query_string": {
      "query": "CRIT"
    }
  },
  "filter": {
    "range": {
        "time": {
          "from" : "11:00:00.123",
           "to": "13:09:50.394"
          }
        }
  }
}

```

}

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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 6, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/combining-simple-query-string-with-range-and-fuzziness/25263/4 "2017-07-06T00:02:30Z")

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