# Nested or/and in filters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 20, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451 "2011-05-20T21:00:57Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![xrado](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xrado/32/3208_2.png) [@xrado](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xrado)\
**Post date:** [May 20, 2011, 9:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451/1 "2011-05-20T21:00:57Z")

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Hi,

is it possible to filter like this... a=1 AND b=1 AND ( d=NULL OR (e=3 AND d=1) ) ?  
I've came to or/and filters but don't know how to nest them.

hope anyone can help

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**Author:** ![xrado](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xrado/32/3208_2.png) [@xrado](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xrado)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 12:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451/2 "2011-05-21T12:29:38Z")

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actually I only need a='something' AND ( date=NULL OR date\>now )

anyone?

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**Author:** ![Nicolas\_Lalevee](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nicolas_lalevee/32/2892_2.png) [@Nicolas\_Lalevee](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nicolas_Lalevee)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451/3 "2011-05-21T13:45:26Z")

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Le 21 mai 2011 à 14:29, xrado a écrit :

> actually I only need a='something' AND ( date=NULL OR date\>now )

I am more used to use the Java lucene API, but since the elasticsearch DSL nicely match to the Lucene API, I think I can answer with this:

{  
"bool" : {  
"must" : [  
{  
"term" : { "a" : "something" }  
},  
{  
"bool" : {  
"should" : [  
{  
"term" : { "date" : "NULL" }  
},  
{  
"range" : {  
"date" : { "from" : "now" }  
}  
}  
]  
}  
}  
]  
}  
}

Nicolas

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**Author:** ![xrado](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/xrado/32/3208_2.png) [@xrado](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/xrado)\
**Post date:** [May 21, 2011, 4:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451/4 "2011-05-21T16:59:00Z")

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thx man! this is it

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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 6, 2017, 4:05am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-or-and-in-filters/4451/5 "2017-07-06T04:05:40Z")

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