# Filter combined\_fields result
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [August 15, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812 "2023-08-15T07:08:33Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Samuel\_Litvack](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Litvack)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812/1 "2023-08-15T07:08:34Z")
Hi
I'm working on a people search website. I already have my databases indexed and it is currently possible to search for a person by fullname using combined\_fields query like this.
```auto
{
"query":{
"combined_fields":{
"query":"' + criteria + '",
"fields":[
"SURNAMES",
"NAMES"
],
"operator":"and"
}
}
}
```
**It works fine** , but i also have fields **CITY** and **PROVINCE** , so maybe the user wants to filter by those fields or maybe not.
Do i need to take the full result of the above query or is there a way to do this in the same query? considering that it can be a response of more than 1000 results.
Thanks.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812/2 "2023-08-15T09:04:41Z")
You can use a bool query and add other criteria as should, filter or must clauses.
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### Author:  [@Samuel\_Litvack](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Samuel_Litvack)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812/3 "2023-08-15T16:58:15Z")
This does not answer my question.
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### Author:  [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)
#### Post date: [August 15, 2023, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812/4 "2023-08-15T17:13:03Z")
So I did not understand your question. May be rephrase it with more examples?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [September 12, 2023, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-combined-fields-result/340812/6 "2023-09-12T17:45:57Z")
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