# Use minimum\_should\_match in search with java client

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 12, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244 "2018-01-12T09:04:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![roi\_adadi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roi_adadi/32/26510_2.png) [@roi\_adadi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roi_adadi)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 9:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244/1 "2018-01-12T09:04:25Z")

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looking all over, I couldn't find a way to include _minimum\_should\_match_ param our match query when using the java client. we are running on elastic search 2.4.  
this become a major need now in our system and reindexing/converting the field to _not\_analyzed_ is not an option since re-indexing our index takes few days now.

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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:** [January 12, 2018, 9:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244/2 "2018-01-12T09:18:05Z")

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See [https://artifacts.elastic.co/javadoc/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/6.1.1/org/elasticsearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.html#minimumShouldMatch-int-](https://artifacts.elastic.co/javadoc/org/elasticsearch/elasticsearch/6.1.1/org/elasticsearch/index/query/BoolQueryBuilder.html#minimumShouldMatch-int-)

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**Author:** ![roi\_adadi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roi_adadi/32/26510_2.png) [@roi\_adadi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/roi_adadi)\
**Post date:** [January 12, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244/3 "2018-01-12T10:50:56Z")

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so simple 🙂 thanks for the hint

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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 9, 2018, 10:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-minimum-should-match-in-search-with-java-client/115244/4 "2018-02-09T10:50:56Z")

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