# Limit on has child query?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-on-has-child-query/181540>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 17, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-on-has-child-query/181540 "2019-05-17T08:09:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Animesh\_singh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/animesh_singh/32/46768_2.png) [@Animesh\_singh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Animesh_singh)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-on-has-child-query/181540/1 "2019-05-17T08:09:41Z")

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Hey ,  
I have a requirement of that when i am performing has child query i want elastic search to take top ten hits of child document and then return their parents instead of returning all the parents of all the hits . Anyone know's how to do this ?

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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:** [June 14, 2019, 8:09am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/limit-on-has-child-query/181540/2 "2019-06-14T08:09:48Z")

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