# How can I get several search results on a huge document? (like a book or a big article)

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [April 13, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885 "2023-04-13T05:37:53Z")
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### Author: ![Eduard\_mart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eduard_mart/32/119729_2.png) [@Eduard\_mart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eduard_mart)
#### Post date: [April 13, 2023, 5:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885/1 "2023-04-13T05:37:53Z")

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Is it possible to use elasticsearch to get several search results when preforming search on big documents?

Like a book or huge articles..  
So I get not only the article itself but also all the positions of relevant data.

Is it even possible when using elasticsearch or should I use a different tool for this?

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### 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: [April 13, 2023, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885/2 "2023-04-13T07:22:42Z")

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To do this, you need to index not books but text extracts with the position.

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### Author: ![Eduard\_mart](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/eduard_mart/32/119729_2.png) [@Eduard\_mart](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Eduard_mart)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2023, 6:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885/3 "2023-04-15T06:02:41Z")

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What do you mean?

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### 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: [April 15, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885/4 "2023-04-15T09:47:35Z")

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That elasticsearch can not do that so you need to change your model.

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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: [May 13, 2023, 9:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-i-get-several-search-results-on-a-huge-document-like-a-book-or-a-big-article/329885/5 "2023-05-13T09:47:42Z")

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