# Providing array in bool should instead of multiple queries

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/providing-array-in-bool-should-instead-of-multiple-queries/109252>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 27, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/providing-array-in-bool-should-instead-of-multiple-queries/109252 "2017-11-27T16:50:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jalaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jalaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jalaj)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 4:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/providing-array-in-bool-should-instead-of-multiple-queries/109252/1 "2017-11-27T16:50:47Z")

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```
{
	"bool": {
		"should": [{
			"match": {
				"uid": "A"
			}
		}, {
			"match": {
				"uid": "B"
			}
		}]
	}
}

```

Can I provide a list of A,B,C... instead of multiple match sub- queries ?

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**Author:** ![jalaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e79b87/32.png) [@jalaj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jalaj)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/providing-array-in-bool-should-instead-of-multiple-queries/109252/2 "2017-11-27T19:20:56Z")

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I changed my data type to keyword and used terms .  
That worked for me

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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:** [December 25, 2017, 7:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/providing-array-in-bool-should-instead-of-multiple-queries/109252/3 "2017-12-25T19:21:08Z")

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