Do I need a match all before filters?

[Islam_Elshobokshy]

Hello guys,

If I want to filter results from an elasticsearch type, do I need to match all of them first like this :

      "query": {
        "bool": {
          "must": {
            "match_all": {}
          },
          "filter": {
            "term": {
              "status": "active"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    } 

Or I can just filter them directly ?

      "query": {
        "bool": {
          "filter": {
            "term": {
              "status": "active"
            }
          }
        }
      }
    }

[dadoonet (David Pilato)]

No it's not needed. The later form is perfect.

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[Islam_Elshobokshy]

I clicked on the Preformatted Text button and that gave each line 4 spaces before each first letter but it didn't quite format anything. I didn't notice I had to put these quotes, my bad.

Thank you for the answer.