# Getting no results with match\_all Query **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 7, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078 "2015-07-07T19:12:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![travagini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@travagini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/travagini)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/1 "2015-07-07T19:12:55Z")
I have this structure: ``` { "_id": "001", "information": "Free Books", "date": "2015-07-06", "books": [ { "title": "New Era", "author": "David Smith" }, { "title": "The Warrior", "author": "John Calton" }, { "title": "A great leader", "author": "Ana Marques" }, { "title": "Be like water", "author": "Bruce Lee" } ] } ``` When I try to do a simple query like match all, I get no results: ``` { "query":{ "match_all": {} } } ``` Then, when I create a new document without using array, I'm able to get the proper results in any query. I guess the problem is that I'm not using nested objetcs for the array, however, shoud not the "match\_all" query return me the results? The index I've created: ``` curl -XPUT "localhost:9200/_river/mylibrary/_meta" -d "{ "type" : "couchdb", "couchdb" : { "host" : "localhost", "port" : 5984, "db" : "mylibrary", "filter" : null }, "index" : { "index" : "mylibrary", "type" : "mylibrary", "bulk_size" : "100", "bulk_timeout" : "10ms" } }" ``` Why am I not getting the results? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/2 "2015-07-07T20:54:23Z")
Don't use rivers. They will be removed in 2.0. ---
**Author:** ![travagini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@travagini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/travagini)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/3 "2015-07-07T21:03:31Z")
Is there another way to use data from couchdb without using rivers in this case? However, what is the problem with the match\_all query that is not returning any result? ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2015, 9:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/4 "2015-07-07T21:15:27Z")
Logstash couchdb input might help. If match all does not give any hits, it's most likely because you (or the river) did not index any doc. ---
**Author:** ![travagini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@travagini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/travagini)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/5 "2015-07-08T01:18:50Z")
I think the problem is not about indexing because I removed the array from the document, then the query worked as expected. If I put some array in the document, query stop giving me results. Even the match\_all. If I leave just strings, without array in Json, everything works fine... ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/6 "2015-07-08T06:42:09Z")
Your document looks good. May be you can reproduce with a script the problem without using a river? PUT directly your docs in elasticsearch ---
**Author:** ![travagini](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/9d8465/32.png) [@travagini](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/travagini)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:06pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/7 "2015-07-08T14:06:19Z")
Thank you. Do you have any reference showing how to synchronize data from CouchDB? I took a look at Logstash, but I got confused where should I put informations like: host, port number and index. In river I used to put everything in localhost/\_river/\_meta like this: ``` curl -XPUT 'localhost:9200/_river/my_db/_meta' -d '{ "type" : "couchdb", "couchdb" : { "host" : "localhost", "port" : 5984, "db" : "my_db", "filter" : null }, "index" : { "index" : "my_db", "type" : "my_db", "bulk_size" : "100", "bulk_timeout" : "10ms" } } ``` ---
**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2015, 2:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/8 "2015-07-08T14:20:59Z")
Everything is documented here: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-couchdb\_changes.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/logstash/current/plugins-inputs-couchdb_changes.html) If you don't succeed of making it work, open a new thread in the logstash section. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 12:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-no-results-with-match-all-query/25078/9 "2017-07-06T00:02:52Z")