# How to create a numeric not equals filter/query? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [October 20, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-numeric-not-equals-filter-query/9429 "2012-10-20T16:29:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/fbc32d/32.png) [@T\_Vinod\_Gupta](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/T_Vinod_Gupta)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-numeric-not-equals-filter-query/9429/1 "2012-10-20T16:29:05Z")
in the documentation, i see numeric range filters.. but i want to check for a double field not equal to given value. currently im using not filter with term filter.. it works but is that the most efficient way? thanks -- ---
**Author:** ![Clinton\_Gormley](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/50afbb/32.png) [@Clinton\_Gormley](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Clinton_Gormley)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2012, 5:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-numeric-not-equals-filter-query/9429/2 "2012-10-20T17:04:04Z")
On Sat, 2012-10-20 at 09:29 -0700, T Vinod Gupta wrote: > in the documentation, i see numeric range filters.. but i want to > check for a double field not equal to given value. currently im using > not filter with term filter.. it works but is that the most efficient > way? That's the correct way. Also note: you can use the range filter for numbers as well. The numeric\_range filter is intended for fields (numbers, dates, terms) that have many many unique values. It works by building a field cache (ie loading all values for the field into memory). It may be the right filter to use for (eg) timestamp \> yesterday. But if your use case is (eg) age \> 18, then you'd be better off using a range filter. clint -- ---
**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, 3:07am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-create-a-numeric-not-equals-filter-query/9429/3 "2017-07-06T03:07:50Z")