# Printing all children recursively while modeling parent-child mapping **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [January 28, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/printing-all-children-recursively-while-modeling-parent-child-mapping/15446 "2014-01-28T14:58:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jayanth\_saimani](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/dec6dc/32.png) [@jayanth\_saimani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jayanth_saimani)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2014, 2:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/printing-all-children-recursively-while-modeling-parent-child-mapping/15446/1 "2014-01-28T14:58:53Z")
I am just getting started with elastic search , and one of our use cases we are trying to model our data which is very hirerchical in nature as a parent child. Was wondering if i have a document, could print all its children or the parent hirerchy recursively . Is this even possible? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). To view this discussion on the web visit [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec70a28e-fec6-4fcd-892b-888416fad39c%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/ec70a28e-fec6-4fcd-892b-888416fad39c%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**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, 1:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/printing-all-children-recursively-while-modeling-parent-child-mapping/15446/2 "2017-07-06T01:54:24Z")