# Get explain for all results returned for a query
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 4, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828 "2014-04-04T21:28:56Z")
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### Author:  [@Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivasan_Ramaswamy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 9:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/1 "2014-04-04T21:28:56Z")
Hi
I would like to get explain for top results that are returned for the
query.
[http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-explain.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-explain.html)
Shows me how to get explain for a query and a given document, but i want to
explain for all (top 10 or 20 results, that i requested) the documents that
are returned. Is there any parameter i can enable to get that information ?
Thanks
Srini
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### Author:  [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 10:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/2 "2014-04-04T22:20:16Z")
Yes, you can do:
curl localhost:9200/\_search -d '{
"explain": true,
"query": {}
}'
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### Author:  [@Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivasan_Ramaswamy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 10:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/3 "2014-04-04T22:48:06Z")
When I try
{
"query": {
\* "explain": true,\*
"function\_score": {
"boost\_mode": "replace",
"query": {
"match": { "design.PRODUCT\_DESC":"cool"}
},
"filter": {
"range": {
"design.PRODUCT\_TYPE\_NO":{
"from":1,
"to":4
}
}
},
"script\_score": {
"params": {
"param1": 2,
"param2": 3.1
},
"script": "\_score \* doc['design.CLICKS'].value / pow(param1,
param2)"
}
}
}
}
I get the error message
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParsingException: [designs]
[\_na] query malformed, no field after start\_object
at
org.elasticsearch.index.query.QueryParseContext.parseInnerQuery(QueryParseContext.java:216)
Without the explain line the above query works. What is the real syntax for
explain along with function\_score ?
Thanks
Srini
On Friday, April 4, 2014 3:20:16 PM UTC-7, Binh Ly wrote:
> Yes, you can do:
>
> curl localhost:9200/\_search -d '{
> "explain": true,
> "query": {}
> }'
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### Author:  [@Binh\_Ly\_2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Binh_Ly_2)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/4 "2014-04-04T22:58:17Z")
explain should be outside (same level) of query just like in my previous
example. 🙂
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### Author:  [@Srinivasan\_Ramaswamy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Srinivasan_Ramaswamy)
#### Post date: [April 4, 2014, 11:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/5 "2014-04-04T23:15:34Z")
Thanks for clearing it up for me. I was under the assumption that
everything should be under the query, coz when i tried removing the outer
query (earlier without the explain and just the function score) it didnt
work.
Can you tell me what are the things that goes inside the query and what can
go outside ? I am also confused coz there are two queries, one outside to
wrap function\_score and one inside to represent the actual keyword.
Thanks
Srini
On Friday, April 4, 2014 3:58:17 PM UTC-7, Binh Ly wrote:
> explain should be outside (same level) of query just like in my previous
> example. 🙂
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 1:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/get-explain-for-all-results-returned-for-a-query/16828/6 "2017-07-06T01:38:02Z")