# Nested data type limit

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 16, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239 "2020-06-16T07:34:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![divya005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@divya005](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya005)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/1 "2020-06-16T07:34:29Z")

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Hello team,

I have more than 100 nested items in my project and while fetching i need to get only 10 based on grouping.Can you please help me how to get this.

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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 7:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/2 "2020-06-16T07:48:47Z")

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Hi  
welcome, you can filter content of \_source field returned like this

> GET /\_search  
> {  
> "\_source": ["obj1._", "obj2._"],  
> "query" : {  
> "term" : { "user" : "kimchy" }  
> }  
> }

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**Author:** ![divya005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@divya005](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya005)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/3 "2020-06-16T08:04:47Z")

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But this \_source how will it affect nested items count ?

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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 8:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/4 "2020-06-16T08:46:01Z")

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Could you post an example of your desired?

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**Author:** ![divya005](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@divya005](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/divya005)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 9:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/5 "2020-06-16T09:19:53Z")

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''''''''''''''''''  
"productionYear":2014,  
"amount": "2000$",  
"cars":[  
{  
"brand":"abc",  
"model":"awr",  
"status":"in-process"  
},  
{  
"brand":"abc",  
"model":"awr",  
"status":"in-process"  
},  
{  
"brand":"abc",  
"model":"awr",  
"status":"in-process"  
},  
{  
"brand":"abc",  
"model":"awr",  
"status":"in-process"  
},  
......  
]

I have cars as nested type which is having more than 50 models and i have to fetch the 10 first on the basis of car status.  
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**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\
**Post date:** [June 16, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/6 "2020-06-16T10:02:45Z")

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You can not get only part of nested array.

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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 14, 2020, 10:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-data-type-limit/237239/7 "2020-07-14T10:02:48Z")

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