# Getting only selected column in Spring Data Elastic Search Repository

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-only-selected-column-in-spring-data-elastic-search-repository/172470
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 15, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-only-selected-column-in-spring-data-elastic-search-repository/172470 "2019-03-15T07:16:49Z")
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### Author: ![Aayush\_Pant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aayush_pant/32/42075_2.png) [@Aayush\_Pant](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aayush_Pant)
#### Post date: [March 15, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-only-selected-column-in-spring-data-elastic-search-repository/172470/1 "2019-03-15T07:16:49Z")

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I am using Elasticsearch Respository with my Java High Level Rest Client for connecting with my Elasticsearch.

Now, I have managed to write a complex query which uses nested, should and must keywords to get certain data from elastic search. However, since I am using @Query annotation, I am not able to write \_source column in it for getting only selected properties, not all of them.

I have

`@Query(//a very big query)`

But according to documentation, the syntax is:

`public interface BookRepository extends ElasticsearchRepository<Book,String> { @Query("{"bool" : {"must" : {"field" : {"name" : "?0"}}}}") Page<Book> findByName(String name); }`

Now, where am I supposed to add "\_source" for getting only selected columns.

Another way around is to perform this logic on another java service.

Let me know if there is a solution to this.

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### Author: ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 12, 2019, 7:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-only-selected-column-in-spring-data-elastic-search-repository/172470/2 "2019-04-12T07:16:58Z")

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