# Too many clauses exceptions

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 14, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691 "2018-11-14T14:12:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![dsanchez91](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dsanchez91/32/37625_2.png) [@dsanchez91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dsanchez91)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691/1 "2018-11-14T14:12:01Z")

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Hello,

I'm getting an "Too many clauses" error in one query where I don't think I'm exceeding the 1024 limit. Here's the query:

[query](http://ge.tt/9VbuOls2)

As you can see, in each of the queries for each analyzer I have 190 terms... so 190x4=760, far from the 1024 limit.. why I'm getting the error then?

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**Author:** ![byronvoorbach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/byronvoorbach/32/8283_2.png) [@byronvoorbach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/byronvoorbach)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691/2 "2018-11-14T14:18:56Z")

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The way queries are analysed result into more boolean clauses under the hood. I see you're using ngram fields, these will result into quite some extra clauses for the query 🙂

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**Author:** ![dsanchez91](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dsanchez91/32/37625_2.png) [@dsanchez91](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dsanchez91)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691/3 "2018-11-14T14:45:52Z")

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That makes sense. Thank you and happy bday!

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**Author:** ![byronvoorbach](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/byronvoorbach/32/8283_2.png) [@byronvoorbach](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/byronvoorbach)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691/4 "2018-11-14T14:46:18Z")

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No worries and thanks! 😃

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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:** [December 12, 2018, 2:46pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/too-many-clauses-exceptions/156691/5 "2018-12-12T14:46:23Z")

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