# Nested query mixed with parent query
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [January 24, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666 "2019-01-24T21:13:06Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@jenssc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenssc)
#### Post date: [January 24, 2019, 9:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666/1 "2019-01-24T21:13:06Z")
Hi
I'm trying to do a nested query in combination with query on fields in the parent. But how do I figure out if a match hits the parent field in the same time as I get an inner hit?
Best regards
Jens Christiansen
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### Author:  [@abdon](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/abdon)
#### Post date: [January 27, 2019, 3:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666/2 "2019-01-27T15:00:03Z")
You could use a [bool query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-bool-query.html) with a must clause that has two queries: the nested query and the query on the parent field. Only documents that match both queries will be returned as a hit.
```auto
GET my_index/_search
{
"query": {
"bool": {
"must": [
{
"nested": {
"path": "path_to_nested_doc",
"query": { YOUR_NESTED_QUERY }
}
},
{
YOUR_QUERY_ON_THE_PARENT_FIELD
}
]
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@jenssc](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jenssc)
#### Post date: [February 2, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666/3 "2019-02-02T12:11:27Z")
Dear Abdon
Great 🙂
Thanks for your solution and nice to hear from you again.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [March 2, 2019, 12:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/nested-query-mixed-with-parent-query/165666/4 "2019-03-02T12:11:29Z")
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