# Partial fields in elasticsearch2.2.0 is not working?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 17, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572 "2016-04-17T03:17:14Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 3:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572/1 "2016-04-17T03:17:14Z")

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May i know the details why the partial fields is not working in elasticsearch 2.2.0.I recently upgraded from elasticsearch 1.7.2 to elasticsearch [2.2.0.In](http://2.2.0.In) older version it is working but after upgration results are not coming and raising an exception.

Pls find error for your reference

{  
"error": {  
"root\_cause": [  
{  
"type": "search\_parse\_exception",  
"reason": "failed to parse search source. unknown search element [partial\_fields]",  
"line": 79,  
"col": 4  
}  
],  
"type": "search\_phase\_execution\_exception",  
"reason": "all shards failed",  
"phase": "query",  
"grouped": true,  
"failed\_shards": [  
{  
"shard": 0,  
"index": "candidates1",  
"node": "tlFrZ6JKTOWJ6krrkRnhMw",  
"reason": {  
"type": "search\_parse\_exception",  
"reason": "failed to parse search source. unknown search element [partial\_fields]",  
"line": 79,  
"col": 4  
}  
}  
]  
},  
"status": 400  
}

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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:** [April 17, 2016, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572/2 "2016-04-17T09:10:34Z")

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Take a read of [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/breaking\_20\_search\_changes.html#\_partial\_fields](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/2.3/breaking_20_search_changes.html#_partial_fields) and see if that helps.

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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [April 17, 2016, 11:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572/3 "2016-04-17T11:11:07Z")

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thank you mark

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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 5, 2017, 10:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/partial-fields-in-elasticsearch2-2-0-is-not-working/47572/4 "2017-07-05T22:58:42Z")

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