# What is the alternative way of querying \_all?
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-alternative-way-of-querying-all/207201
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 9, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-alternative-way-of-querying-all/207201 "2019-11-09T03:16:07Z")
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### Author:  [@Deb](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Deb)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-alternative-way-of-querying-all/207201/1 "2019-11-09T03:16:07Z")
From elasticsearch 6.x `_all` has been deprecated. I have a matchQuery like below
```
QueryBuilders.boolQuery()
.should(QueryBuilders.matchQuery("_all", typeAndName.name))
.should(buildMatchQuery(
SearchFields.kObjectNameKey,
dataModel.getLowerFieldName(PropertyType.STRING, SearchFields.kObjectNameKey),
typeAndName.name));
```
Can someone suggest someway what is the recommended way of doing the same now?
I am using dynamic mapping. So as mentioned in [doc](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/6.7/mapping-all-field.html) I don't know beforehand what all fields can be there in the index so I cannot use `copy_to` in index mapping to copy all fields data to some other field to simulate `all`.
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 7, 2019, 3:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/what-is-the-alternative-way-of-querying-all/207201/2 "2019-12-07T03:16:19Z")
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