# Similarties profiles retrieval from elasticsearch?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similarties-profiles-retrieval-from-elasticsearch/53079>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 17, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similarties-profiles-retrieval-from-elasticsearch/53079 "2016-06-17T01:59:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![kartheek91](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/cc9497/32.png) [@kartheek91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kartheek91)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 1:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similarties-profiles-retrieval-from-elasticsearch/53079/1 "2016-06-17T01:59:54Z")

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Hi all,

Let's say we have 1 million documents indexed in elasticsearch with name,id,skills,etc like a form a resume.

If I search for kartheek in the search box it will retrieve some results right and I found kartheek resume and I have clicked and view the resume.

Once I will view the resume I need to view the similar profiles based on the viewed resume.

Is it possible in elasticsearch

1.I learned about More Like This Query but we need to give input paramter i.e 'LIKE'.  
2.I have seen this link

> **[Document Similarity Analysis Using ElasticSearch and Python](https://www.datasciencecentral.com/profiles/blogs/document-similarity-analysis-using-elasticsearch-and-python)**
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> Elasticsearch is an open source search engine based on Lucene. Its being used by leaders in the market like Wikipedia, Linkedin, ebay etc. It has an official…

Please any can give me ideas regarding the above mentioned request.

Thanks

Kartheek Gummaluri

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 7:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similarties-profiles-retrieval-from-elasticsearch/53079/2 "2016-06-17T07:23:07Z")

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Hey,

the [more like this query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-mlt-query.html) allows you to specify the document you want to use for this query, in your case the just viewed CV.

Is there a problem with that approach or am I misreading the requirement?

--Alex

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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, 10:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/similarties-profiles-retrieval-from-elasticsearch/53079/3 "2017-07-05T22:42:54Z")

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