# Is it possible to have multiple minimum\_should\_match on a single query string?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-minimum-should-match-on-a-single-query-string/45496>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 26, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-minimum-should-match-on-a-single-query-string/45496 "2016-03-26T01:11:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Vicente\_de\_Rivera\_II](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/898d66/32.png) [@Vicente\_de\_Rivera\_II](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Vicente_de_Rivera_II)\
**Post date:** [March 26, 2016, 1:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-minimum-should-match-on-a-single-query-string/45496/1 "2016-03-26T01:11:48Z")

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For example i have this query string:

```auto
((title:a OR category:b OR rating:1) AND (title:x OR category:y OR rating:2))

```

Is it possible to specify a `minimum_should_match` on each of those grouped OR conditions?

I understand that the `minimum_should_match` is a top level param on query\_string as per [docs](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.2/query-dsl-query-string-query.html). And the answer is [probably](https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/elasticsearch/hVBYYif-2ao) no; but I wanted to ask anyway.

Side: question, is query\_string slower than using the fully structured JSON DSL?

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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, 11:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-have-multiple-minimum-should-match-on-a-single-query-string/45496/2 "2017-07-05T23:05:01Z")

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