[role="xpack"]
[testenv="basic"]
[[query-dsl-pinned-query]]
=== Pinned Query
Promotes selected documents to rank higher than those matching a given query.
This feature is typically used to guide searchers to curated documents that are
promoted over and above any "organic" matches for a search.  
The promoted or "pinned" documents are identified using the document IDs stored in
the <<mapping-id-field,`_id`>> field.

==== Example request

[source,console]
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GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "pinned": {
      "ids": [ "1", "4", "100" ],
      "organic": {
        "match": {
          "description": "iphone"
        }
      }
    }
  }
}
--------------------------------------------------

[[pinned-query-top-level-parameters]]
==== Top-level parameters for `pinned`

`ids`::
An array of <<mapping-id-field, document IDs>> listed in the order they are to appear in results.
`organic`::
Any choice of query used to rank documents which will be ranked below the "pinned" document ids.
