# Default value of Minimum should match in should clause

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 10, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924 "2019-10-10T00:17:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Seetha93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Seetha93](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Seetha93)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924/1 "2019-10-10T00:17:48Z")

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Do we need to explicitly set minimum\_should\_match: 1, for bool query with only should clause?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924/2 "2019-10-10T07:12:22Z")

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No. It's not needed

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**Author:** ![Seetha93](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@Seetha93](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Seetha93)\
**Post date:** [October 10, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924/3 "2019-10-10T19:55:45Z")

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Thanks !

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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:** [November 7, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/default-value-of-minimum-should-match-in-should-clause/202924/4 "2019-11-07T19:55:54Z")

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