# How to use minimum should match

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-minimum-should-match/98223>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-minimum-should-match/98223 "2017-08-24T11:34:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![amitkumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/41988e/32.png) [@amitkumar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/amitkumar)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 11:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-minimum-should-match/98223/1 "2017-08-24T11:34:41Z")

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Hi,  
I am using minimum\_should\_match for searching in percent.but every percent value like 20% or 50% or 90% it is giving same number of records.  
Please anyone can explain how it is working.

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**Author:** ![thiago](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/thiago/32/32096_2.png) [@thiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/thiago)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-minimum-should-match/98223/3 "2017-08-24T16:41:17Z")

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Can you please post the search query that you are using?

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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:** [September 21, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-use-minimum-should-match/98223/4 "2017-09-21T16:41:41Z")

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