# Mimum\_match broken in 0.19.0 or is this expected behavior? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [March 6, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mimum-match-broken-in-0-19-0-or-is-this-expected-behavior/6915 "2012-03-06T16:50:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Garth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ba9def/32.png) [@Garth](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Garth)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mimum-match-broken-in-0-19-0-or-is-this-expected-behavior/6915/1 "2012-03-06T16:50:35Z")
I run this query in 0.18.6 and it works fine. curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/messages/data/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/messages/data/_search?pretty=true)' - d '{ "fields" : ["genId"], "filter" : { "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 } } }' Run this query in 0.19.0 ( rebuilt indexes ) and I get the following error: "error" : "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase [query], total failure; shardFailures {[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw] [messages][0]: SearchParseException[[messages][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"], \n "filter" : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : [ "green","red " ], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][3]: SearchParseException[[messages][3]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][4]: SearchParseException[[messages][4]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][1]: SearchParseException[[messages][1]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][2]: SearchParseException[[messages][2]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support [minimum\_match]]; }]", "status" : 500 Thanks, Garth ---
**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2012, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mimum-match-broken-in-0-19-0-or-is-this-expected-behavior/6915/2 "2012-03-06T20:54:08Z")
Thats because minimum\_match is not a valid parameter to terms filter…, in 0.19, we try and tell you better that thats not a valid flag. On Tuesday, March 6, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Garth wrote: > I run this query in 0.18.6 and it works fine. > > curl -XGET '[http://localhost:9200/messages/data/\_search?pretty=true](http://localhost:9200/messages/data/_search?pretty=true)' - > d '{ > "fields" : ["genId"], > "filter" : { > "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], "minimum\_match" : 1 } > } > }' > > Run this query in 0.19.0 ( rebuilt indexes ) and I get the following > error: > > "error" : "SearchPhaseExecutionException[Failed to execute phase > [query], total failure; shardFailures {[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw] > [messages][0]: SearchParseException[[messages][0]: from[-1],size[-1]: > Parse Failure [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"], > \n "filter" : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : [ "green","red > " ], "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support > [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][3]: > SearchParseException[[messages][3]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure > [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter > " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], > "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support > [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][4]: > SearchParseException[[messages][4]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure > [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter > " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], > "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support > [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][1]: > SearchParseException[[messages][1]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure > [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter > " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], > "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support > [minimum\_match]]; }{[Tzo9OeseRJKIgtJnwpv8Jw][messages][2]: > SearchParseException[[messages][2]: from[-1],size[-1]: Parse Failure > [Failed to parse source [{\n "fields" : ["genId"],\n "filter > " : {\n "terms" : { "tags" : ["green","red"], > "minimum\_match" : 1 }\n }\n}]]]; nested: > QueryParsingException[[messages] [terms] filter does not support > [minimum\_match]]; }]", > "status" : 500 > > Thanks, > > Garth ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mimum-match-broken-in-0-19-0-or-is-this-expected-behavior/6915/3 "2017-07-06T03:37:03Z")