How to add compound conditions in search template?

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Use Case:
We have 2 conditions

  1. Query parameter matches
  2. All of dishFamilyId, dishTypeId, dishPreparationStyleId should match (they might not be present as well) Eg. Its possible that dishTypeId and dishPreparationStyleId is not present at all and only dishFamilyId is present

If either of the 2 conditions are passed, then the document should be a match

Problem:
With the current template we have designed, we need to put all possible combinations of dishFamilyId, dishTypeId, dishPreparationStyleId in order to successfully render the template

{
  "from": 0,
  "size": {{maxResult}}{{^maxResult}}50{{/maxResult}},
  "query": {
    "function_score": {
      "query": {
        "bool": {
          "filter": [
            {
              "bool": {
                "should": [
                  {
                    "match_phrase": {
                      "name.synonym": {
                        "query": "{{query}}",
                        "slop": 0
                      }
                    }
                  }
                  {{#dishFamilyId}}
                    {{#dishTypeId}}
                      {{#dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      ,{
                        "bool": {
                          "must": [
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishFamilyId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishFamily.bucket1",
                                  "dishFamily.bucket2",
                                  "dishFamily.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            },
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishTypeId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishType.bucket1",
                                  "dishType.bucket2",
                                  "dishType.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            },
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishPreparationStyleId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket1",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket2",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      }
                      {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      {{^dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      ,{
                        "bool": {
                          "must": [
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishFamilyId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishFamily.bucket1",
                                  "dishFamily.bucket2",
                                  "dishFamily.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            },
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishTypeId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishType.bucket1",
                                  "dishType.bucket2",
                                  "dishType.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      }
                      {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                    {{/dishTypeId}}
                    {{^dishTypeId}}
                        {{#dishPreparationStyleId}}
                        ,{
                          "bool": {
                            "must": [
                              {
                                "multi_match": {
                                  "query": "{{dishFamilyId}}",
                                  "fields": [
                                    "dishFamily.bucket1",
                                    "dishFamily.bucket2",
                                    "dishFamily.bucket3"
                                  ],
                                  "boost": 1,
                                  "operator": "OR"
                                }
                              },
                              {
                                "multi_match": {
                                  "query": "{{dishPreparationStyleId}}",
                                  "fields": [
                                    "dishPreparationStyle.bucket1",
                                    "dishPreparationStyle.bucket2",
                                    "dishPreparationStyle.bucket3"
                                  ],
                                  "boost": 1,
                                  "operator": "OR"
                                }
                              }
                            ]
                          }
                        }
                        {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                        {{^dishPreparationStyleId}}
                        ,{
                          "bool": {
                            "must": [
                              {
                                "multi_match": {
                                  "query": "{{dishFamilyId}}",
                                  "fields": [
                                    "dishFamily.bucket1",
                                    "dishFamily.bucket2",
                                    "dishFamily.bucket3"
                                  ],
                                  "boost": 1,
                                  "operator": "OR"
                                }
                              }
                            ]
                          }
                        }
                        {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                    {{/dishTypeId}}
                  {{/dishFamilyId}}
                  {{^dishFamilyId}}
                    {{#dishTypeId}}
                      {{#dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      ,{
                        "bool": {
                          "must": [
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                  "query": "{{dishTypeId}}",
                                  "fields": [
                                    "dishType.bucket1",
                                    "dishType.bucket2",
                                    "dishType.bucket3"
                                  ],
                                  "boost": 1,
                                  "operator": "OR"
                                }
                            },
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishPreparationStyleId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket1",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket2",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      }
                      {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      {{^dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      ,{
                        "bool": {
                          "must": [
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                  "query": "{{dishTypeId}}",
                                  "fields": [
                                    "dishType.bucket1",
                                    "dishType.bucket2",
                                    "dishType.bucket3"
                                  ],
                                  "boost": 1,
                                  "operator": "OR"
                                }
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      }
                      {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                    {{/dishTypeId}}
                    {{^dishTypeId}}
                      {{#dishPreparationStyleId}}
                      ,{
                        "bool": {
                          "must": [
                            {
                              "multi_match": {
                                "query": "{{dishPreparationStyleId}}",
                                "fields": [
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket1",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket2",
                                  "dishPreparationStyle.bucket3"
                                ],
                                "boost": 1,
                                "operator": "OR"
                              }
                            }
                          ]
                        }
                      }
                      {{/dishPreparationStyleId}}
                    {{/dishTypeId}}
                  {{/dishFamilyId}}
                ],
                "minimum_should_match": 1
              }
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  }
}

Is there any simpler way like adding compound conditions in the search template or maybe a completely different template idea?

2

There are no parameter for Match query for the behavior on the documents missing the target field. You have to use boolean query for "match if exists" query.

{
  "query":{
    "bool":{
      "should":[
        {
          "bool":{
            "must_not": [
              {"exists": {
                "field": "dishTypeId"
              }}
            ]
          }
        },
        {
          "match":{
            "dishTypeId":{
              "query": "xxx"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Then combine such queries as follows. It could be less complicated than yours. OR is should clause with minimum_should_match:1 and AND is must caluse for boolean queris.

bool(
  (Query parameter matches) OR 
  bool(
    bool((dishFamilyId not exist) OR (dishFamilyId==some)) AND 
    bool((dishTypeId not exist) OR (dishFamilyId==some)) AND
    bool((dishPreparationStyleId not exist) OR (dishFamilyId==some)
  )
)