# Searching by nested fields **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [June 24, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-by-nested-fields/18302 "2014-06-24T17:03:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Danylo\_Vivchar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Danylo\_Vivchar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Danylo_Vivchar)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2014, 5:03pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-by-nested-fields/18302/1 "2014-06-24T17:03:04Z")
I have a trouble searching by nested field. For example my document is: { "chat": [ { "messages": [ { "id": "61", "text": "some text here" }, { "id": "62", "text": "some62 text62 here62" }, { "id": "63", "text": "some63 text63 here63" }, { "id": "64", "text": "some64 text64 here64" } ] } ] } I'm searching through messages.text. If I search "text": "some" { "query" : { "nested": { "path": "messages", "query": { "bool": { "must": [{ "match": { "text": "some" } }] } } } } } I want output something like { "chat": [ { "messages": [ { "id": "61", "text": "some text here" } ] } ] } and not the whole document. I suppose I should use nested property, so messages in chat is mapped as "nested". Please anyone help me. -- 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/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2014, 2:44am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-by-nested-fields/18302/2 "2014-06-26T02:44:20Z")
That feature is currently not supported by Elasticsearch. You would need to change to parent/child documents in order to get back only the relevant documents. -- Ivan On Tue, Jun 24, 2014 at 10:03 AM, Danylo Vivchar [vivchar.danylo@gmail.com](mailto:vivchar.danylo@gmail.com) wrote: > I have a trouble searching by nested field. > > For example my document is: > > { > "chat": [ > { > "messages": [ > { > "id": "61", > "text": "some text here" > }, > { > "id": "62", > "text": "some62 text62 here62" > }, > { > "id": "63", > "text": "some63 text63 here63" > }, > { > "id": "64", > "text": "some64 text64 here64" > } > ] > } > ] > } > > I'm searching through messages.text. If I search > > "text": "some" > > { > "query" : { > "nested": { > "path": "messages", > "query": { > "bool": { > "must": [{ > "match": { > "text": "some" > } > }] > } > } > } > } > } > > I want output something like > > { > "chat": [ > { > "messages": [ > { > "id": "61", > "text": "some text here" > } > ] > } > ] > } > > and not the whole document. I suppose I should use nested property, so > messages in chat is mapped as "nested". Please anyone help me. > > -- > 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/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com) > [https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com?utm\_medium=email&utm\_source=footer](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/0ade073a-38b1-4384-b56b-623ca92de033%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer) > . > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). -- 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/CALY%3DcQBh57aZbu2%3DxwZDPyR3sQx4Jv9Ny%3DJa3FKd9%3D8pHSRZ-Q%40mail.gmail.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/CALY%3DcQBh57aZbu2%3DxwZDPyR3sQx4Jv9Ny%3DJa3FKd9%3D8pHSRZ-Q%40mail.gmail.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**Author:** ![Danylo\_Vivchar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5ac83/32.png) [@Danylo\_Vivchar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Danylo_Vivchar)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2014, 2:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-by-nested-fields/18302/3 "2014-06-27T14:33:00Z")
> thanx, parent/child documents helped me -- 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/4de2deb5-da24-44a6-a1e8-b29e556850f7%40googlegroups.com](https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elasticsearch/4de2deb5-da24-44a6-a1e8-b29e556850f7%40googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/d/optout](https://groups.google.com/d/optout). ---
**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, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/searching-by-nested-fields/18302/4 "2017-07-06T01:19:16Z")