# Conditional query based on index/type **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [September 19, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-query-based-on-index-type/9067 "2012-09-19T15:55:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Remy\_Gendron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/remy_gendron/32/2719_2.png) [@Remy\_Gendron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Remy_Gendron)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 3:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-query-based-on-index-type/9067/1 "2012-09-19T15:55:53Z")
Hi all, I have fields (same names) that are present on all document types. Doing a polymorphic search on these fields is therefore not a problem. But, I have fields that are present only on some document types. Is it possible to do a single search query (a boolean query) targeted at multiple document types, that includes a field query for a field not present on all document types. I would like it to be a kind of conditional query where that field\_query would not be applied against document types where that field is not present/mapped. Rémy -- ---
**Author:** ![Remy\_Gendron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/remy_gendron/32/2719_2.png) [@Remy\_Gendron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Remy_Gendron)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-query-based-on-index-type/9067/2 "2012-09-19T16:00:22Z")
Just saw the Indices Query... I guess I probably could use this. I'd need to check every sub-query within the boolean query and explode the main query as an indices query with as many query variants as necessary. -- ---
**Author:** ![Remy\_Gendron](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/remy_gendron/32/2719_2.png) [@Remy\_Gendron](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Remy_Gendron)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2012, 4:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-query-based-on-index-type/9067/3 "2012-09-19T16:07:16Z")
Looking at the code, I see that there is only one query matched against a list of indices and another nomatch/defautl query. What I would need is to be able to specify a different query for each indices in the multi-indices query... -- ---
**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, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/conditional-query-based-on-index-type/9067/4 "2017-07-06T03:12:16Z")