# Is it possible to count tokens which matched documents?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [March 16, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338 "2021-03-16T09:15:01Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@kwang\_hee\_Han](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kwang_hee_Han)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338/1 "2021-03-16T09:15:01Z")
Hello,
I want to find which term matched on documents that results of query. I tried to using "highlight" but it does responsed with poor results.(I need more digging time to with them)
I want to know alternative way to find which term matched on document result.
Below example my codes, After request , I expect that getting ["Protein-A","Protein-C"] or ["Protein-A"] or ["Protein-C"] matched from document result.
```
GET papers/_search
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"should": [
{
"terms": {
"title": [
"Genetic",
"Phenotype",
"Crispher"
]
}
},
{
"terms": {
"main_content": [
"Protien-A",
"Protein-B",
"Protien-C"
]
}
}
]
}
},
"highlight": {
"type": "unified",
"fields": {
"main_content": {
"boundary_scanner": "word",
"fragment_size": 20,
"number_of_fragments": 10,
"pre_tags": [
""
],
"post_tags": [
""
]
}
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)
#### Post date: [March 16, 2021, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338/2 "2021-03-16T09:46:00Z")
Do you want to count the matches in _all_ documents or just be more specific about where they matched in the top hits returned?
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### Author:  [@kwang\_hee\_Han](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kwang_hee_Han)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2021, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338/3 "2021-03-17T01:27:24Z")
I want which term exactly matched on each result documents.
I mean that If search multiple term list("terms query") in document, generally elasticsearch result document didn't include which terms matched on documents.
Specifically, I looking for more result about document which term exactly matched.(Not count information, each document have matched specific term list a must.)
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### Author:  [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)
#### Post date: [March 17, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338/4 "2021-03-17T08:18:34Z")
[This discussion](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-the-query-to-the-highlight-using-fvh/257836/2) may be relevant then.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 14, 2021, 8:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-count-tokens-which-matched-documents/267338/5 "2021-04-14T08:18:40Z")
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