# Elastic Search Partial Search **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [November 5, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318 "2018-11-05T00:58:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nush)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 12:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/1 "2018-11-05T00:58:22Z")
Hey, I am trying to create a partial search with elasticsearch but it's not working then I expected. But full word its work fine. ```auto $esQuery = [ 'index' => $category, 'type' => $category, 'body' => [ "from" => ($page - 1) * $countPerPage, "size" => $countPerPage, 'highlight' => [ 'fields' => [ '*' => [ 'pre_tags' => [''], 'post_tags' => [''], ] ] ], "query" => [ "multi_match" => [ "query" => $query ] ] ] ] ]; ``` I am using PHP for creating this code For example, if I am using "Doctor" its work well but if someone tries to "Doc" It does not give you anything, {Data will be coming from Salesforce} Please help me to find a proper solution for this matter Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jaspreet\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaspreet_singh/32/58296_2.png) [@Jaspreet\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jaspreet_Singh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 1:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/2 "2018-11-05T01:45:23Z")
You should try out `match_phrase_prefix` query instead of multi\_match. Check this - [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase-prefix.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase-prefix.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nush)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/3 "2018-11-05T02:11:28Z")
Hey Thanks for this reply. I try this option. But still didn't get any reply. ```auto $esQuery = [ 'index' => $category, 'type' => $category, 'body' => [ "from" => ($page - 1) * $countPerPage, "size" => $countPerPage, 'highlight' => [ 'fields' => [ '*' => [ 'pre_tags' => [''], 'post_tags' => [''], ] ] ], "query"=>[ "match_phrase_prefix" =>[ "message" =>[ "query" => "doct" ] ] ] ] ]; ``` This is the reply from search ```auto Array ( [took] => 2 [timed_out] => [_shards] => Array ( [total] => 5 [successful] => 5 [skipped] => 0 [failed] => 0 ) [hits] => Array ( [total] => 0 [max_score] => [hits] => Array ( ) ) ) ``` Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![gabriel\_tessier](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/gabriel_tessier/32/27911_2.png) [@gabriel\_tessier](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gabriel_tessier)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:39am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/4 "2018-11-05T02:39:33Z")
Can I suggest this: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/query-dsl-query-string-query.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.4/query-dsl-query-string-query.html) ``` "query"=>[ "query_string" =>[ "query" => "doct*" ] ] ``` ---
**Author:** ![Nush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nush)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/5 "2018-11-05T02:49:06Z")
> [@gabriel\_tessier](#): > > query\_string ```auto "query" => [ "bool" => [ "must" => [ "match"=> ["text" => "doctor"] ] ] ] $esQuery = [ 'index' => $category, 'type' => $category, 'body' => [ "from" => ($page - 1) * $countPerPage, "size" => $countPerPage, 'highlight' => [ 'fields' => [ '*' => [ 'pre_tags' => [''], 'post_tags' => [''], ] ] ], "query"=>[ "query_string" =>[ "query" => $query ] ] ] ]; ``` Thanks a lot, this is working fine and I got good result sets, Thanks again ---
**Author:** ![michaelh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/53a042/32.png) [@michaelh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/michaelh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/6 "2018-11-05T02:53:41Z")
You may want to look at chapters 16.x Of the [Definitive Guide](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/guide/current/partial-matching.html) including index-time optimisation chapters to ensure adequate query performance. ---
**Author:** ![Nush](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d26b3c/32.png) [@Nush](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nush)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 2:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/7 "2018-11-05T02:54:27Z")
Hey thanks I am looking this now. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Jaspreet\_Singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jaspreet_singh/32/58296_2.png) [@Jaspreet\_Singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Jaspreet_Singh)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/8 "2018-11-05T21:39:36Z")
From the same page ... ```auto Be aware that wildcard queries can use an enormous amount of memory and perform very badly ``` I would be very careful in using wildcards query. You should take another look at match phrase prefix (btw it worked for me when I specified incomplete word). The advantae with match phrase prefix is that you can configure how many expansions you want, hence the performance can be easily controlled. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [December 3, 2018, 9:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/elastic-search-partial-search/155318/9 "2018-12-03T21:39:40Z")
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