# Inconsistent term query syntax

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 30, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308 "2016-08-30T12:34:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![dhondup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@dhondup](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhondup)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308/1 "2016-08-30T12:34:10Z")

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Which one of the following is recommended? Both works, but inconsistent.

#1  
{  
"query":{  
"bool":{  
"must":[  
{  
"term":{  
"FIELD":{  
"value":"VALUE"  
}  
}  
}  
]  
}  
}  
}

#2  
{  
"query":{  
"bool":{  
"must":[  
{  
"term":{  
"FIELD":"value"  
}  
}  
]  
}  
}  
}

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**Author:** ![nik9000](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nik9000/32/44947_2.png) [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308/2 "2016-08-30T12:57:19Z")

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Option 2 is the shorthand way of doing option 1. I do option 2 when I'm typing by hand and option 1 when I'm building the query programatically.

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**Author:** ![dhondup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f1d935/32.png) [@dhondup](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dhondup)\
**Post date:** [August 30, 2016, 12:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308/3 "2016-08-30T12:59:58Z")

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Thanks, Nick. That makes sense.

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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:** [July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/inconsistent-term-query-syntax/59308/4 "2017-07-05T22:24:02Z")

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Closed on July 5, 2017, 10:24pm UTC