Elasticsearch match against filter only
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We have a multi-tenant index and need to perform queries against the index for a single tenant only. Basically, for all documents that match the filter, return any documents that match the following query, but do not include documents that only match the filter.
For example, say we have a list of documents document like so:
{ _id: 1, account_id: 1, name: "Foo" }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar" }
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo" }
I thought this query would work but it doesn't:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"should": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
It returns both documents matching account_id: 2
:
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo", score: 1.111 }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar", score: 0.0 }
What I really want is it just to return document _id: 3
, which is basically "Of all documents where account_id is equal to 2, return only the ones whose names match Foo".
How can I accomplish this with ES 6.2? The caveat is that the number of should
and must
match conditions are not always known and I really want to avoid using minimum_should_match
.

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We have a multi-tenant index and need to perform queries against the index for a single tenant only. Basically, for all documents that match the filter, return any documents that match the following query, but do not include documents that only match the filter.
For example, say we have a list of documents document like so:
{ _id: 1, account_id: 1, name: "Foo" }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar" }
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo" }
I thought this query would work but it doesn't:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"should": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
It returns both documents matching account_id: 2
:
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo", score: 1.111 }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar", score: 0.0 }
What I really want is it just to return document _id: 3
, which is basically "Of all documents where account_id is equal to 2, return only the ones whose names match Foo".
How can I accomplish this with ES 6.2? The caveat is that the number of should
and must
match conditions are not always known and I really want to avoid using minimum_should_match
.

add a comment |
We have a multi-tenant index and need to perform queries against the index for a single tenant only. Basically, for all documents that match the filter, return any documents that match the following query, but do not include documents that only match the filter.
For example, say we have a list of documents document like so:
{ _id: 1, account_id: 1, name: "Foo" }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar" }
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo" }
I thought this query would work but it doesn't:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"should": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
It returns both documents matching account_id: 2
:
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo", score: 1.111 }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar", score: 0.0 }
What I really want is it just to return document _id: 3
, which is basically "Of all documents where account_id is equal to 2, return only the ones whose names match Foo".
How can I accomplish this with ES 6.2? The caveat is that the number of should
and must
match conditions are not always known and I really want to avoid using minimum_should_match
.

We have a multi-tenant index and need to perform queries against the index for a single tenant only. Basically, for all documents that match the filter, return any documents that match the following query, but do not include documents that only match the filter.
For example, say we have a list of documents document like so:
{ _id: 1, account_id: 1, name: "Foo" }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar" }
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo" }
I thought this query would work but it doesn't:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"should": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
It returns both documents matching account_id: 2
:
{ _id: 3, account_id: 2, name: "Foo", score: 1.111 }
{ _id: 2, account_id: 2, name: "Bar", score: 0.0 }
What I really want is it just to return document _id: 3
, which is basically "Of all documents where account_id is equal to 2, return only the ones whose names match Foo".
How can I accomplish this with ES 6.2? The caveat is that the number of should
and must
match conditions are not always known and I really want to avoid using minimum_should_match
.


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Try this instead: simply replace should
by must
:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"must": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just foundmulti_match
so I think we are going to go withmust: { multi_match: {} }
.
– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
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Try this instead: simply replace should
by must
:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"must": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just foundmulti_match
so I think we are going to go withmust: { multi_match: {} }
.
– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
add a comment |
Try this instead: simply replace should
by must
:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"must": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just foundmulti_match
so I think we are going to go withmust: { multi_match: {} }
.
– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
add a comment |
Try this instead: simply replace should
by must
:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"must": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
Try this instead: simply replace should
by must
:
{
"bool": {
"filter": { "term": { "account_id": 2 } },
"must": [
{ "match": { "name": "Foo" }
]
}
}
answered Jan 3 at 17:19


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Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just foundmulti_match
so I think we are going to go withmust: { multi_match: {} }
.
– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
add a comment |
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just foundmulti_match
so I think we are going to go withmust: { multi_match: {} }
.
– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just found
multi_match
so I think we are going to go with must: { multi_match: {} }
.– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
Thanks! We had multiple fields that could match, and for this particular search I just found
multi_match
so I think we are going to go with must: { multi_match: {} }
.– bschaeffer
Jan 3 at 17:26
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