# Possible to have KQL in Elastic?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-have-kql-in-elastic/264842>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-have-kql-in-elastic/264842 "2021-02-19T11:16:41Z")\
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**Author:** ![Sandra\_Schlichting](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sandra_schlichting/32/84122_2.png) [@Sandra\_Schlichting](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Sandra_Schlichting)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2021, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-have-kql-in-elastic/264842/1 "2021-02-19T11:16:41Z")

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Dear all =)

Is it possible to "execute" KQL in Elasticsearch?

If not, does there exist a script/translator, so KQL can be converted to Lucene?

Hugs,  
Sandra =)

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**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:** [February 19, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-have-kql-in-elastic/264842/2 "2021-02-19T11:21:05Z")

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Unfortunately not. There's an open issue tracking that [here](https://github.com/elastic/elasticsearch/issues/56391).

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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:** [March 19, 2021, 11:21am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/possible-to-have-kql-in-elastic/264842/3 "2021-03-19T11:21:18Z")

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