[[query-dsl-match-bool-prefix-query]]
=== Match boolean prefix query
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<titleabbrev>Match boolean prefix</titleabbrev>
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A `match_bool_prefix` query analyzes its input and constructs a
<<query-dsl-bool-query,`bool` query>> from the terms. Each term except the last
is used in a `term` query. The last term is used in a `prefix` query. A
`match_bool_prefix` query such as

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "match_bool_prefix" : {
      "message" : "quick brown f"
    }
  }
}
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where analysis produces the terms `quick`, `brown`, and `f` is similar to the
following `bool` query

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "bool" : {
      "should": [
        { "term": { "message": "quick" }},
        { "term": { "message": "brown" }},
        { "prefix": { "message": "f"}}
      ]
    }
  }
}
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An important difference between the `match_bool_prefix` query and
<<query-dsl-match-query-phrase-prefix,`match_phrase_prefix`>> is that the
`match_phrase_prefix` query matches its terms as a phrase, but the
`match_bool_prefix` query can match its terms in any position. The example
`match_bool_prefix` query above could match a field containing
`quick brown fox`, but it could also match `brown fox quick`. It could also
match a field containing the term `quick`, the term `brown` and a term
starting with `f`, appearing in any position.

==== Parameters

By default, `match_bool_prefix` queries' input text will be analyzed using the
analyzer from the queried field's mapping. A different search analyzer can be
configured with the `analyzer` parameter

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "match_bool_prefix": {
      "message": {
        "query": "quick brown f",
        "analyzer": "keyword"
      }
    }
  }
}
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`match_bool_prefix` queries support the
<<query-dsl-minimum-should-match,`minimum_should_match`>> and `operator`
parameters as described for the
<<query-dsl-match-query-boolean,`match` query>>, applying the setting to the
constructed `bool` query. The number of clauses in the constructed `bool`
query will in most cases be the number of terms produced by analysis of the
query text.

The <<query-dsl-match-query-fuzziness,`fuzziness`>>, `prefix_length`,
`max_expansions`, `fuzzy_transpositions`, and `fuzzy_rewrite` parameters can
be applied to the `term` subqueries constructed for all terms but the final
term. They do not have any effect on the prefix query constructed for the
final term.
