# Unknown field \[has\_parent\] while parsing valid query using XContentParser

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unknown-field-has-parent-while-parsing-valid-query-using-xcontentparser/272210>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [May 5, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unknown-field-has-parent-while-parsing-valid-query-using-xcontentparser/272210 "2021-05-05T14:53:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![avj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e57/32.png) [@avj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/avj)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2021, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unknown-field-has-parent-while-parsing-valid-query-using-xcontentparser/272210/1 "2021-05-05T14:53:48Z")

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ES 7.7.0, Getting the following exception, although "has\_parent" query is valid and works in ES index, getting an exception when trying to parse using ES parser API

Output :

```auto
ssb = {"query":{"term":{"_tenant_id":{"value":"working","boost":1.0}}}}
Exception in thread "main" org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.XContentParseException: [1:41] [bool] failed to parse field [must]
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parseValue(ObjectParser.java:510)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parseArray(ObjectParser.java:502)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parseSub(ObjectParser.java:534)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parse(ObjectParser.java:319)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parse(ObjectParser.java:251)
    at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.fromXContent(BoolQueryBuilder.java:297)
    at org.elasticsearch.search.SearchModule.lambda$registerQuery$14(SearchModule.java:871)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry.parseNamedObject(NamedXContentRegistry.java:140)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser.namedObject(AbstractXContentParser.java:385)
    at org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder.parseInnerQueryBuilder(AbstractQueryBuilder.java:317)
    at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.parseXContent(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1098)
    at org.elasticsearch.search.builder.SearchSourceBuilder.parseXContent(SearchSourceBuilder.java:1036)
    at QMain.main(QMain.java:34)
Caused by: ParsingException[unknown query [has_parent]]; nested: NamedObjectNotFoundException[[1:41] unknown field [has_parent]];
    at org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder.parseInnerQueryBuilder(AbstractQueryBuilder.java:321)
    at org.elasticsearch.index.query.BoolQueryBuilder.lambda$static$1(BoolQueryBuilder.java:281)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.AbstractObjectParser.lambda$declareObjectArray$10(AbstractObjectParser.java:237)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.AbstractObjectParser.lambda$declareFieldArray$16(AbstractObjectParser.java:265)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.AbstractObjectParser.parseArray(AbstractObjectParser.java:357)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.AbstractObjectParser.lambda$declareFieldArray$17(AbstractObjectParser.java:265)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.lambda$declareField$9(ObjectParser.java:381)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.ObjectParser.parseValue(ObjectParser.java:508)
    ... 12 more
Caused by: org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedObjectNotFoundException: [1:41] unknown field [has_parent]
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.NamedXContentRegistry.parseNamedObject(NamedXContentRegistry.java:132)
    at org.elasticsearch.common.xcontent.support.AbstractXContentParser.namedObject(AbstractXContentParser.java:385)
    at org.elasticsearch.index.query.AbstractQueryBuilder.parseInnerQueryBuilder(AbstractQueryBuilder.java:317)
    ... 19 more

```

Java code to reproduce issue:

```auto
        SearchSourceBuilder ssb = new SearchSourceBuilder();
        String query = null;
        String working = "{\"query\":{\"term\":{\"_tenant_id\":\"working\"}}}";
        String notWorking = "{\"query\":{\"bool\":{\"must\":[{\"has_parent\":{\"query\":{\"match_all\":{}},\"parent_type\":\"event_parent\"}}]}}}";

//query = working;
// Not working
        query = notWorking;
        SearchModule searchModule1 = new SearchModule(Settings.EMPTY, false, Collections.emptyList());
        XContentParser parser1 = XContentFactory.xContent(XContentType.JSON).createParser(
                new NamedXContentRegistry(searchModule1.getNamedXContents()),
                DeprecationHandler.THROW_UNSUPPORTED_OPERATION, query);
        ssb.parseXContent(parser1);
        System.out.println("ssb = " + ssb.toString());

```

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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:** [May 5, 2021, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unknown-field-has-parent-while-parsing-valid-query-using-xcontentparser/272210/2 "2021-05-05T17:34:55Z")

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Welcome!

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**Post date:** [June 2, 2021, 5:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unknown-field-has-parent-while-parsing-valid-query-using-xcontentparser/272210/3 "2021-06-02T17:35:27Z")

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