# Filter nested objects based on search term
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-nested-objects-based-on-search-term/11565
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 12, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-nested-objects-based-on-search-term/11565 "2013-04-12T13:03:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Paul\_Lemke](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Paul_Lemke)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2013, 1:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-nested-objects-based-on-search-term/11565/1 "2013-04-12T13:03:59Z")
Hello Everyone,
I've run into something I can't figure out. I posted the question up on
Stackoverflow:
>
Thanks!
Paul
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### Author:  [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2013, 10:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-nested-objects-based-on-search-term/11565/2 "2013-04-14T10:20:37Z")
You can't do this with nested objects (at least not yet). You will always
just get back the whole "root" document
You could do it with parent/child though, as you could ask for just the
child documents
clint
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Paul Lemke [paul@paulandmichelle.net](mailto:paul@paulandmichelle.net)wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I've run into something I can't figure out. I posted the question up on
> Stackoverflow:
> [elasticsearch - Filter children based on search term - Stack Overflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/15972132/filter-children-based-on-search-term)
>
> Thanks!
> Paul
>
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:41am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-nested-objects-based-on-search-term/11565/3 "2017-07-06T02:41:15Z")