# Query a nested object
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-nested-object/180830
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 13, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-nested-object/180830 "2019-05-13T14:28:31Z")
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### Author:  [@Theodoros\_Moschos](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Theodoros_Moschos)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-nested-object/180830/1 "2019-05-13T14:28:31Z")
Hello all,
I have got the following document and am trying to query its ids.ema\_id value :
```
{
"took": 5,
"timed_out": false,
"_shards": {
"total": 5,
"successful": 5,
"skipped": 0,
"failed": 0
},
"hits": {
"total": 12,
"max_score": 16.52765,
"hits": [{
"_index": "records",
"_type": "records",
"_id": "1699",
"_score": 16.52765,
"_source": {
"id": 1699,
"house_id": null,
"ids": {
"ema_id": "GOODMORN11"
}
}
}]
}
```
}
How would that be possible using elasticsearch-php?
Tried several things like `$this->record->search() ->nested('ids', function (SearchBuilder $builder) use ($searchTerm) { $builder->filter()->term('ids.ema_id', $searchTerm); })->size(config('results_per_category'))->get()->hits();`
but no luck.
Any ideas would be highly appreciated!
_Update_ Mappings are as follows:
```auto
"records": {
"mappings": {
"records": {
"properties": {
"ids": {
"type": "nested",
"properties": {
"ema_id": {
"type": "text",
"fields": {
"keyword": {
"type": "keyword",
"ignore_above": 256
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 10, 2019, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-nested-object/180830/2 "2019-06-10T14:28:49Z")
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