# Getting parent id in parent-child mapping **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 10, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-parent-id-in-parent-child-mapping/12340 "2013-06-10T04:56:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Chetana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dbc845/32.png) [@Chetana](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Chetana)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2013, 4:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-parent-id-in-parent-child-mapping/12340/1 "2013-06-10T04:56:40Z")
I am using parent-child and the mapping is having the field \_parent and I set parent to actual parent id during indexing. But the search result returns all the fields except the parent and I also could not figure out any method to get the parent id. How should I get a parent id of the child document ? Thanks -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![q42jaap](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/q42jaap/32/2241_2.png) [@q42jaap](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/q42jaap)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2013, 9:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-parent-id-in-parent-child-mapping/12340/2 "2013-06-11T21:27:22Z")
Hi Chetana, You can specify the \_parent and \_source in the fields. It will list the \_parent in the "fields" array in the hit, but the \_source will be at it's normal place in the hit. curl 'localhost:9200/indexname/childname/\_search' -d '{ fields:["\_parent", "\_source"] }' See also: [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/fields/](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/api/search/fields/) Jaap -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 2:31am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/getting-parent-id-in-parent-child-mapping/12340/3 "2017-07-06T02:31:44Z")