# Multiple Indice Search With Filters Applied Per Indice

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 1, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297 "2022-12-01T21:18:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![sbattGM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sbattgm/32/114122_2.png) [@sbattGM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sbattGM)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 9:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297/1 "2022-12-01T21:18:42Z")

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I want to perform a multiple indice search with a term search for all indices but I want to add filters for a particular indice. For example a term query like:

[http://0.0.0.0:9200/index\_a,index\_b/type1,type2,typ3/\_search](http://0.0.0.0:9200/index_a,index_b/type1,type2,typ3/_search)

```auto
{
    "_source": [
        "all my sources"
     ],
    "query": {
        "bool": {
            "filter": [
                [
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "fields": [
                                "my fields"
                            ],
                            "fuzziness": 0,
                            "query": "My Search Term For All Indices"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            ]
        }
    },
    "sort": [....],
    "size": 150,
    "aggs": {...}
}

```

I want to add the following filter query to only be applied to only index\_b:

```auto
"query": {
        "bool": {
            "filter": [
                [
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "default_field": "field_1",
                            "query": "Some OR bool"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "default_field": "field_2",
                            "query": "Some OR bool"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "default_field": "field_3",
                            "query": "A"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "default_field": "field_4",
                            "query": "Some OR bool"
                        }
                    },
                    {
                        "query_string": {
                            "default_field": "field_5",
                            "query": "Blah"
                        }
                    }
                ]
            ]
        }
    }

```

I don't know how to create the query that I am looking for an would really appreciate any help

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**Author:** ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)\
**Post date:** [December 1, 2022, 10:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297/2 "2022-12-01T22:01:56Z")

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Welcome to our community! 😃

Have you considered using the [`_msearch` API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/8.5/search-multi-search.html) instead?

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**Author:** ![sbattGM](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sbattgm/32/114122_2.png) [@sbattGM](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sbattGM)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 1:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297/3 "2022-12-02T13:47:17Z")

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My client uses an old version of ES that doesn't support \_msearch and upgrading is not an option for them.

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297/4 "2022-12-02T14:34:17Z")

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\_msearch [has been available since at least Elasticsearch 0.90](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/0.90/search-multi-search.html) so I doubt that is not a solution.

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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:** [December 30, 2022, 2:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/multiple-indice-search-with-filters-applied-per-indice/320297/5 "2022-12-30T14:34:55Z")

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