# Match across multiple nested documents

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 19, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461 "2015-10-19T09:15:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![mortenhauberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mortenhauberg/32/44816_2.png) [@mortenhauberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mortenhauberg)\
**Post date:** [October 19, 2015, 9:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461/1 "2015-10-19T09:15:15Z")

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Hi,

I have this mapping [https://gist.github.com/mortenhauberg/1c8e514c2a824cadfa47](https://gist.github.com/mortenhauberg/1c8e514c2a824cadfa47), and a document that looks like this [https://gist.github.com/mortenhauberg/8bcf1a08a373ca3c3d2b](https://gist.github.com/mortenhauberg/8bcf1a08a373ca3c3d2b).

How would i go about searching for "Inge-Lise Rosenberg", or maybe just "Inge-Lise Rose"?

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**Author:** ![mortenhauberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mortenhauberg/32/44816_2.png) [@mortenhauberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mortenhauberg)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 5:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461/2 "2015-10-20T05:30:11Z")

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I ended up using "copy\_to" and then copy all values into a searchable field.  
It seems to work

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**Author:** ![jpountz](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jpountz/32/45836_2.png) [@jpountz](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpountz)\
**Post date:** [October 20, 2015, 10:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461/3 "2015-10-20T22:47:33Z")

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Indeed copy\_to is the right way to do this.

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**Author:** ![mortenhauberg](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mortenhauberg/32/44816_2.png) [@mortenhauberg](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mortenhauberg)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2015, 5:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461/4 "2015-10-21T05:22:47Z")

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Great, I was not sure it was the correct approach. Thanks 🙂

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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, 11:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-across-multiple-nested-documents/32461/5 "2017-07-05T23:43:42Z")

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