# Querying on a subobject field within a nested object

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-on-a-subobject-field-within-a-nested-object/65533>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 9, 2016, 5:08pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-on-a-subobject-field-within-a-nested-object/65533 "2016-11-09T17:08:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![jpblair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@jpblair](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jpblair)\
**Post date:** [December 2, 2016, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/querying-on-a-subobject-field-within-a-nested-object/65533/4 "2016-12-02T16:00:00Z")

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@jpountz It appears that using the full path (`nestedField.subObject.subObjectField`) is causing an error in 2.x, as explained [here](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/error-using-nested-query-child-query-must-only-match-non-parent-docs/67815). Is using the full path the "correct" way to run this query in 2.x?

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