# Multi\_match search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-search/58866>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 24, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-search/58866 "2016-08-24T21:36:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Ramdev\_Wudali](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ramdev_wudali/32/7894_2.png) [@Ramdev\_Wudali](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ramdev_Wudali)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2016, 9:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-search/58866/1 "2016-08-24T21:36:35Z")

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Hi:  
I have setup a field as a multi-field. and I execute a search like so :

> POST test\_autosuggest\_v2/\_search  
> {  
> "size": 20,  
> "query": {  
> "bool": {  
> "must": [  
> {"multi\_match": {  
> "query": "andrea smith",  
> "fields": ["name","name.autocomplete","name.na","name.shingle"],  
> "type": "best\_fields"  
> }
> 
> ```
> }
> ],
> "filter": {
> "term": {
> "type": "judge"
> }
> }
> }
> 
> ```
> 
> }  
> }

Is it possible to know which field was the biggest contributor to the score ?  
I would like to know if there was an exact match to my query term. if not an exact match, I would like to know which field contributes most to the score.

is this possible ?

Ramdev

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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, 10:25pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multi-match-search/58866/2 "2017-07-05T22:25:23Z")

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