# Sequence of clauses for performance
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sequence-of-clauses-for-performance/181199
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 15, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sequence-of-clauses-for-performance/181199 "2019-05-15T12:52:14Z")
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### Author:  [@pokaleshrey](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pokaleshrey)
#### Post date: [May 15, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sequence-of-clauses-for-performance/181199/1 "2019-05-15T12:52:14Z")
I was curious to know whether the sequence of the clauses matter when we query elasticsearch.
If clause A matches 5k docs and clause B matches 2k docs. Which clause should be placed before the other one ? Or the sequence does not matter ?
Same question for clause sequence in filters too ?
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [June 12, 2019, 12:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sequence-of-clauses-for-performance/181199/2 "2019-06-12T12:52:19Z")
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