# Term query can't not apply to "id" field?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 5, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001 "2016-12-05T08:37:48Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
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### Author:  [@Cherry\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cherry_Zhang)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 8:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001/1 "2016-12-05T08:37:48Z")
when I use below query, no result return:
```
{
"query" : {
"term" : {
"id" : {
"value" : "abcdef",
"boost" : 1.0
}
}
},
"ext" : { }
}
```
but when I use ids query, the return result is fine:
```
{
"query": {
"ids" : {
"type" : "trip",
"values" : ["abcdef"]
}
}
}
```
My questions are: term query can't not apply to "id" field? Must I use ids query? Is there a better way to search an id in multiple indices?
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### Author:  [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001/2 "2016-12-05T09:36:50Z")
Hey,
`id` just refers to a field named `id` inside of your document JSON. I guess you want to query the `_id` field.
--Alex
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### Author:  [@Cherry\_Zhang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Cherry_Zhang)
#### Post date: [December 5, 2016, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001/3 "2016-12-05T09:40:28Z")
That's true. Thanks for helping.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 2, 2017, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-cant-not-apply-to-id-field/68001/4 "2017-01-02T09:40:34Z")
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