# Most efficient way of querying when you do not care about scoring
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/most-efficient-way-of-querying-when-you-do-not-care-about-scoring/29060
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [September 10, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/most-efficient-way-of-querying-when-you-do-not-care-about-scoring/29060 "2015-09-10T18:40:36Z")
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### Author:  [@jelmer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jelmer)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 6:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/most-efficient-way-of-querying-when-you-do-not-care-about-scoring/29060/1 "2015-09-10T18:40:36Z")
What is the most effective way to process complex queries ( eg queries with support for negation, and and or, like query\_string) when you do not care about the scoring ?
Does wrapping the query in a constant score query give you any benefit.
Or maybe does it make sense to wrap the query in a query filter instead ?
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [September 10, 2015, 6:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/most-efficient-way-of-querying-when-you-do-not-care-about-scoring/29060/2 "2015-09-10T18:54:16Z")
> [@jelmer](#):
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> Or maybe does it make sense to wrap the query in a query filter instead ?
The answers to all of these questions becomes easier in 2.0:
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/\_query\_dsl\_changes.html#\_queries\_and\_filters\_merged](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/_query_dsl_changes.html#_queries_and_filters_merged)
Before 2.0 you are better off using a `filtered` query and putting everything that you want in the `filter`, making everything a filter.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 11:51pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/most-efficient-way-of-querying-when-you-do-not-care-about-scoring/29060/3 "2017-07-05T23:51:04Z")