# Terrible Performance On Query against Empty Field Check

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terrible-performance-on-query-against-empty-field-check/164702>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 17, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terrible-performance-on-query-against-empty-field-check/164702 "2019-01-17T20:45:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![PuttPuttGo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee7513/32.png) [@PuttPuttGo](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/PuttPuttGo)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terrible-performance-on-query-against-empty-field-check/164702/1 "2019-01-17T20:45:06Z")

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[situation explained here](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/54243020/nest-elastic-search-performance-problem-because-of-empty-search)

Can anyone help me out? I've put together a NEST query that is experiencing terrible performance when trying to search on a Empty Field. I explain everything in the on stackoverflow. i can add it here too if necessary.

Thanks for any guidance!

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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:** [February 14, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/terrible-performance-on-query-against-empty-field-check/164702/2 "2019-02-14T20:45:06Z")

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Closed on February 14, 2019, 8:45pm UTC

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