# Newbie: Easiest way to view ES Results **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 7, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940 "2018-06-07T09:33:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiwakar_Kusuma)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 9:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/1 "2018-06-07T09:33:02Z")
Whats' the easiest way to view the ES Query results - I have '000s of documents in my index? Kibana console is making me feel tired ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2018, 11:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/2 "2018-06-07T11:12:07Z")
Kibana's "Discover" tab? You can pick which columns to view in a tabular form ---
**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiwakar_Kusuma)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/3 "2018-06-08T09:43:39Z")
But, does discover tab allow you to put your own custom query? I couldn't find options there. We have a custom query with custom scoring logic. ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/4 "2018-06-08T09:44:16Z")
Yes - you can paste raw JSON strings into the search bar. ---
**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiwakar_Kusuma)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/5 "2018-06-08T09:48:20Z")
I don't get it, when you say JSON are you referring to the output? I would be interested in posting my query like below and expect the results to be displayed in grid. GET dummyindex/\_search { "size": 1, "query": { "bool": { "should": [ { "match": { "skillkeywords.skillset.skill": "Salesforce" } }, { "match": { "skillkeywords.skillset.skill": "AngularJS" } } ], "minimum\_should\_match": "3\<90%", "boost": 1 } } } PS: Didn't expect such a fast response 🙂 ... it is almost like chatting! ---
**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2018, 9:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/6 "2018-06-08T09:50:03Z")
Hi, no I meant your query - that is JSON too. Specifically the bit after `"query":` ---
**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiwakar_Kusuma)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2018, 8:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/7 "2018-06-11T08:26:56Z")
Got it, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![gthang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@gthang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gthang)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2018, 3:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/8 "2018-06-12T15:20:18Z")
I am not sure if I can hijack this thread or not, please let me know if I have commited any faux-pas here, and I will start a new thread. I have composed the following query in the dev tools, and when I try to copy the json portion after the search, I just get an error message. Any thoughts on how I should paste the query in the discover tool? Thanks, gthang POST stats-m-mms-daily/\_search { "query": { "range": { "@timestamp": { "gt": "now-5s", "lt": "now" } } }, "size": 0, "aggs": { "cloud": { "terms": { "field": "groupName" }, "aggs": { "instance": { "terms": { "field": "instance", "size": 1 }, "aggs": { "totalMessagesReq": { "sum": { "field": "CustomStats\_totalMessagesReq" } } } } } } } } ---
**Author:** ![Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dhiwakar\_Kusuma](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Dhiwakar_Kusuma)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 5:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/9 "2018-06-18T05:49:51Z")
Here is a simple example that will guide you - If the query is GET myindex/\_search?search\_type=dfs\_query\_then\_fetch { "size": 5, "query": { "query\_string": { "query": "something something blah blah" } } } Then, here is what you should be putting in the discover tab - Basically the whole text after the query keyword. { "query\_string": { "query": "something something blah blah" }} Hope this helps. ---
**Author:** ![gthang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/258eb7/32.png) [@gthang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/gthang)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/10 "2018-06-19T16:03:39Z")
Thank you very much! ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 4:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/newbie-easiest-way-to-view-es-results/134940/11 "2018-07-17T16:03:39Z")
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