# Minimum\_match **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [December 29, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-match/6254 "2011-12-29T21:11:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kellan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kellan/32/3029_2.png) [@Kellan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Kellan)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2011, 9:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-match/6254/1 "2011-12-29T21:11:13Z")
I'm attempting to use the terms query syntax suggested in [http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/terms-query.html](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/terms-query.html) i.e. { "terms" : { "tags" : ["blue", "red"], "minimum\_match" : 2 } }. In this case I would like my results to match both "blue" and "red", but I'm getting all results that match one or the other. Is this the proper way to write the query? I thought {"and" : [{ "term" : { "tags" : "blue"} }, {"term": {"tags": "red"} }]} may be slower since the search didn't necessarily know the term queries were looking at the same field. Thoughts? Kellan ---
**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:** [December 30, 2011, 11:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-match/6254/2 "2011-12-30T11:35:05Z")
Yes, it should work, want to gist a sample showing it doen't? On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 11:11 PM, Kellan [wampleek@gmail.com](mailto:wampleek@gmail.com) wrote: > I'm attempting to use the terms query syntax suggested in > [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/reference/query-dsl/terms-query.html) > i.e. { "terms" : { "tags" : ["blue", "red"], "minimum\_match" : > 2 } }. In this case I would like my results to match both "blue" and > "red", but I'm getting all results that match one or the other. Is > this the proper way to write the query? I thought {"and" : > [{ "term" : { "tags" : "blue"} }, {"term": {"tags": "red"} }]} may be > slower since the search didn't necessarily know the term queries were > looking at the same field. Thoughts? > > Kellan ---
**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, 3:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/minimum-match/6254/3 "2017-07-06T03:44:11Z")