# Exact match not apearing on top

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 14, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986 "2020-08-14T10:22:44Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![ankitbhai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@ankitbhai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankitbhai)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986/1 "2020-08-14T10:22:44Z")

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Hello,

I need to get results first exact match and then other match. I've tried it with boost and should but still it's not working for me. Please give your help/suggestion for the same.

{"size":20,"query":{"bool":{"must":[{"match":{"name":{"query":"RA","fuzziness":1}}}],"must\_not":[{"terms":{"status":[-1,0]}}],"should":[{"term":{"name":{"value":"RA","boost":10}}}]}}}

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986/2 "2020-08-14T10:28:19Z")

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Use a `match` query in the `should` clause instead of a `term` query as I suppose that the term query is not matching any document.

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**Author:** ![ankitbhai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ccd318/32.png) [@ankitbhai](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ankitbhai)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986/3 "2020-08-14T10:53:56Z")

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Thanks for the reply,  
I've also tried it with match. but still it's not working. I've tried below. Please give your help/suggestion for the same.

{"size":200,"query":{"bool":{"must":[{"match":{"name":{"query":"RA","fuzziness":1}}}],"must\_not":[{"terms":{"status":[-1,0]}}],"should":[{"match":{"name":{"query":"RA","boost":10}}}]}}}

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [August 14, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986/4 "2020-08-14T11:11:07Z")

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Then please create a **fully reproducible, but minimal** example including index creation, index mapping, sample documents and your full query.

See [https://www.elastic.co/help](https://www.elastic.co/help)

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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:** [September 11, 2020, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-match-not-apearing-on-top/244986/5 "2020-09-11T11:11:10Z")

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