# Size(number of results to be returned) per each index

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 6, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289 "2019-02-06T13:19:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![srikanthkadem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srikanthkadem/32/40018_2.png) [@srikanthkadem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srikanthkadem)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289/1 "2019-02-06T13:19:44Z")

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Hi ,  
Can any one help for following scenario.  
I have 3 indexes for e.g jobs,files,tags  
when user enters some keyword I want to search in all the 3 indexes and return top 5 results from each index.  
can we do this search at once, I can able to do this for single index.  
Please help.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 1:31pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289/2 "2019-02-06T13:31:17Z")

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Have a look at [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-multi-search.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-multi-search.html)

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**Author:** ![srikanthkadem](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/srikanthkadem/32/40018_2.png) [@srikanthkadem](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/srikanthkadem)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289/3 "2019-02-06T13:49:57Z")

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Thanks @dadoonet. I will try that 🙂

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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:** [March 6, 2019, 1:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/size-number-of-results-to-be-returned-per-each-index/167289/4 "2019-03-06T13:49:58Z")

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