# Exists query?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [June 28, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254 "2012-06-28T14:49:36Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 2:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/1 "2012-06-28T14:49:36Z")
hi,
is there a query equivalent for exists filter in ES? i want to create a
query to check for the absence of a field in the document. i can't use
filter since i want to put it inside a query and add it to the percolator.
how do i achieve this, any ideas?
thanks
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/2 "2012-06-28T15:20:37Z")
Did you look at the missing filter ?
David 😉
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
Le 28 juin 2012 à 16:49, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
> hi,
> is there a query equivalent for exists filter in ES? i want to create a query to check for the absence of a field in the document. i can't use filter since i want to put it inside a query and add it to the percolator.
>
> how do i achieve this, any ideas?
>
> thanks
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### Author:  [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 3:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/3 "2012-06-28T15:24:40Z")
im looking at java api here.. i couldnt find anything relevant in
QueryBuilders. did i miss something?
thanks
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:20 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote:
> Did you look at the missing filter ?
>
> David 😉
> Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
>
> Le 28 juin 2012 à 16:49, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
>
> > hi,
> > is there a query equivalent for exists filter in ES? i want to create a
> > query to check for the absence of a field in the document. i can't use
> > filter since i want to put it inside a query and add it to the percolator.
> >
> > how do i achieve this, any ideas?
> >
> > thanks
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 3:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/4 "2012-06-28T15:29:00Z")
It's a filter. Use a filteredQuery with a matchAllQuery as the Query and a missingFilter as a Filter.
It should work.
Does it help ?
David 😉
Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
Le 28 juin 2012 à 17:24, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
> im looking at java api here.. i couldnt find anything relevant in QueryBuilders. did i miss something?
>
> thanks
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:20 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote:
> Did you look at the missing filter ?
>
> David 😉
> Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
>
> Le 28 juin 2012 à 16:49, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
>
> > hi,
> > is there a query equivalent for exists filter in ES? i want to create a query to check for the absence of a field in the document. i can't use filter since i want to put it inside a query and add it to the percolator.
> >
> > how do i achieve this, any ideas?
> >
> > thanks
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### Author:  [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)
#### Post date: [June 28, 2012, 5:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/5 "2012-06-28T17:58:26Z")
i think that sounds correct.. yet to test it though.
thanks!
On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:29 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote:
> It's a filter. Use a filteredQuery with a matchAllQuery as the Query and a
> missingFilter as a Filter.
>
> It should work.
>
> Does it help ?
>
> David 😉
> Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
>
> Le 28 juin 2012 à 17:24, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
>
> im looking at java api here.. i couldnt find anything relevant in
> QueryBuilders. did i miss something?
>
> thanks
>
> On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 8:20 AM, David Pilato [david@pilato.fr](mailto:david@pilato.fr) wrote:
>
> > Did you look at the missing filter ?
> >
> > David 😉
> > Twitter : @dadoonet / @elasticsearchfr
> >
> > Le 28 juin 2012 à 16:49, T Vinod Gupta [tvinod@readypulse.com](mailto:tvinod@readypulse.com) a écrit :
> >
> > > hi,
> > > is there a query equivalent for exists filter in ES? i want to create a
> > > query to check for the absence of a field in the document. i can't use
> > > filter since i want to put it inside a query and add it to the percolator.
> > >
> > > how do i achieve this, any ideas?
> > >
> > > thanks
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 3:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exists-query/8254/6 "2017-07-06T03:22:08Z")