# Include\_in\_parent Question

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-in-parent-question/83440>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 24, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-in-parent-question/83440 "2017-04-24T16:41:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![krmathieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b5e925/32.png) [@krmathieu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/krmathieu)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-in-parent-question/83440/1 "2017-04-24T16:41:09Z")

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I inherited a project that has an Elasticsearch mapping like this, but the data is all stored in the same documents. That is, there are no actual parent/child mappings so is include\_in\_parent even useful in this case? If so, what does it buy me? Nested queries work as expected so I am inclined to just remove include\_in\_parent from the mapping but thought I would ask the question first. Any thoughts would be appreciated. Thanks.

Kevin

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"disambigMismatches" : {  
"type" : "nested",  
"include\_in\_parent" : true,  
"properties" : {  
"completeMismatch" : {  
"type" : "boolean"  
},  
"context" : {  
"type" : "string"  
},  
"disambigId" : {  
"type" : "long"  
},  
"disambigScore" : {  
"type" : "double"  
},  
"mismatchText" : {  
"type" : "string",  
"index": "not\_analyzed"  
}  
}  
}......

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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 22, 2017, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/include-in-parent-question/83440/2 "2017-05-22T16:41:44Z")

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