# Show on which shards will a query land

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-on-which-shards-will-a-query-land/35795>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-on-which-shards-will-a-query-land/35795 "2015-11-28T00:47:56Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jelmer](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/jelmer/32/3550_2.png) [@jelmer](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jelmer)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2015, 12:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-on-which-shards-will-a-query-land/35795/1 "2015-11-28T00:47:56Z")

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When specifying a preference like so :

```
http://host:9200/foo/bar/_search?q=baz&preference=50b11392-18e3-4f98-940c-309dbae3474d

```

is it possible to see on which shards the query will land?

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2017, 11:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/show-on-which-shards-will-a-query-land/35795/2 "2017-07-05T23:35:16Z")

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