# How can nested queries return only the first nested document but not all nested documents **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [May 24, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-nested-queries-return-only-the-first-nested-document-but-not-all-nested-documents/182579 "2019-05-24T07:47:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 4
**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:** [May 24, 2019, 10:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-nested-queries-return-only-the-first-nested-document-but-not-all-nested-documents/182579/4 "2019-05-24T10:19:55Z")
What about changing your model? Instead of indexing a big document containing an array of sub-documents, just index individual sub-documents as apparently you want to aggregate on sub-documents, not parent documents themselves. If you have other question, I'd suggest that you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible. A full reproduction script will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. It will also most likely help to get a faster answer. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-can-nested-queries-return-only-the-first-nested-document-but-not-all-nested-documents/182579)._