# Search query without specifying the field **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [August 29, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-without-specifying-the-field/197254 "2019-08-29T04:23:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MKU](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mku/32/48327_2.png) [@MKU](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/MKU)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-without-specifying-the-field/197254/1 "2019-08-29T04:23:12Z")
Hi, How do you perform search query without specifying the field, basically to perform search on all fields. I realize that **\_all** is removed in elasticsearch 7. I tried **query\_string** with out fields but i get **query\_shard\_exception** and **search\_phase\_execution\_exception** Is there any other way? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![wangqinghuan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d26b3c/32.png) [@wangqinghuan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/wangqinghuan)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-without-specifying-the-field/197254/2 "2019-08-29T05:04:29Z")
\_all is deprecated. But you can use copy\_to to create custom \_all fields. See: [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/copy-to.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.8/copy-to.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [September 26, 2019, 5:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-without-specifying-the-field/197254/3 "2019-09-26T05:04:57Z")
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