[[search-your-data]] = Search your data [partintro] -- [[search-query]] A _search query_, or _query_, is a request for information about data in {es} data streams or indices. You can think of a query as a question, written in a way {es} understands. Depending on your data, you can use a query to get answers to questions like: * What pages on my website contain a specific word or phrase? * What processes on my server take longer than 500 milliseconds to respond? * What users on my network ran `regsvr32.exe` within the last week? * How many of my products have a price greater than $20? A _search_ consists of one or more queries that are combined and sent to {es}. Documents that match a search's queries are returned in the _hits_, or _search results_, of the response. A search may also contain additional information used to better process its queries. For example, a search may be limited to a specific index or only return a specific number of results. [discrete] [[search-toc]] === In this section * <> * <> * <> * <> -- include::run-a-search.asciidoc[] include::{es-repo-dir}/search/near-real-time.asciidoc[] include::{es-repo-dir}/async-search.asciidoc[] include::{es-repo-dir}/modules/cross-cluster-search.asciidoc[]