[[term-level-queries]]
== Term level queries

While the <<full-text-queries,full text queries>> will analyze the query
string before executing, the _term-level queries_ operate on the exact terms
that are stored in the inverted index, and will normalize terms before executing 
only for <<keyword,`keyword`>> fields with <<normalizer,`normalizer`>> property.

These queries are usually used for structured data like numbers, dates, and
enums, rather than full text fields.  Alternatively, they allow you to craft
low-level queries, foregoing the analysis process.

The queries in this group are:

<<query-dsl-term-query,`term` query>>::

    Find documents which contain the exact term specified in the field
    specified.

<<query-dsl-terms-query,`terms` query>>::

    Find documents which contain any of the exact terms specified in the field
    specified.

<<query-dsl-terms-set-query,`terms_set` query>>::

    Find documents which match with one or more of the specified terms. The
    number of terms that must match depend on the specified minimum should
    match field or script.

<<query-dsl-range-query,`range` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains values (dates, numbers,
    or strings) in the range specified.

<<query-dsl-exists-query,`exists` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains any non-null value.

<<query-dsl-prefix-query,`prefix` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains terms which begin with
    the exact prefix specified.

<<query-dsl-wildcard-query,`wildcard` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains terms which match the
    pattern specified, where the pattern supports single character wildcards
    (`?`) and multi-character wildcards (`*`)

<<query-dsl-regexp-query,`regexp` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains terms which match the
    <<regexp-syntax,regular expression>> specified.

<<query-dsl-fuzzy-query,`fuzzy` query>>::

    Find documents where the field specified contains terms which are fuzzily
    similar to the specified term.  Fuzziness is measured as a
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damerau%E2%80%93Levenshtein_distance[Levenshtein edit distance]
    of 1 or 2.

<<query-dsl-type-query,`type` query>>::

    Find documents of the specified type.

<<query-dsl-ids-query,`ids` query>>::

    Find documents with the specified type and IDs.


include::term-query.asciidoc[]

include::terms-query.asciidoc[]

include::terms-set-query.asciidoc[]

include::range-query.asciidoc[]

include::exists-query.asciidoc[]

include::prefix-query.asciidoc[]

include::wildcard-query.asciidoc[]

include::regexp-query.asciidoc[]

include::fuzzy-query.asciidoc[]

include::type-query.asciidoc[]

include::ids-query.asciidoc[]
