# When a search hits a document, how can ES only return parts of that document? **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [July 4, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-a-search-hits-a-document-how-can-es-only-return-parts-of-that-document/12668 "2013-07-04T16:58:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![11122](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/6a8cbe/32.png) [@11122](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/11122)\ **Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 4:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-a-search-hits-a-document-how-can-es-only-return-parts-of-that-document/12668/1 "2013-07-04T16:58:25Z")
I have a document with nested types and I use nested query to search on the nested part. Now I get a hit and the search result returned is the whole doc. Could anyone tell me how can I get only this nested part or the part of document which contains this nested part? Should I use parent-child? Or using nested types can also meet my requirement? Thanks! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![Ivan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/df788c/32.png) [@Ivan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Ivan)\ **Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 7:59pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-a-search-hits-a-document-how-can-es-only-return-parts-of-that-document/12668/2 "2013-07-05T19:59:23Z")
Nested types do not support returning only the relevant nested docs (as of now). -- Ivan On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 9:58 AM, 少爷允之 [chang.zhang29@googlemail.com](mailto:chang.zhang29@googlemail.com) wrote: > I have a document with nested types and I use nested query to search on > the nested part. > Now I get a hit and the search result returned is the whole doc. > Could anyone tell me how can I get only this nested part or the part of > document which contains this nested part? > Should I use parent-child? Or using nested types can also meet my > requirement? > Thanks! > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elasticsearch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). > For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elasticsearch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com](mailto:elasticsearch+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com). For more options, visit [https://groups.google.com/groups/opt\_out](https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out). ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 2:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/when-a-search-hits-a-document-how-can-es-only-return-parts-of-that-document/12668/3 "2017-07-06T02:27:54Z")