DSL Compatibility Matrix

This page is the support map for the DSL Query API: for every query type, aggregation, and option, it shows how faithfully each search engine backend (Elasticsearch, Solr, Lucene) implements it. Because Turing ES exposes one Elasticsearch-compatible syntax over three different engines, a feature that's native on one may be translated or only partially supported on another.

Reach for this table when you're choosing a backend for a site, or when a DSL query behaves differently than you expected across engines: the badge tells you whether that's a 1:1 mapping, a translation, or a best-effort approximation. Read it alongside the query examples on the DSL Query API page.

Legend

Badge	Level	Description
N	Native	Direct 1:1 mapping to the engine API
T	Translated	Converted to equivalent engine syntax
P	Partial	Basic support with limitations
F	Fallback	Best-effort approximation
N/A	N/A	Not supported by the engine

Queries (40 types)

Full-text Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`match`	N	T	T
`multi_match`	N	T	T
`match_phrase`	N	T	T
`match_phrase_prefix`	N	T	T
`match_bool_prefix`	N	T	T
`combined_fields`	N	T	T
`query_string`	N	T	T
`simple_query_string`	N	T	T
`match_all`	N	T	T

Term-level Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`term`	N	T	T
`terms`	N	T	T
`terms_set`	N	F	F
`range`	N	T	T
`exists`	N	T	T
`prefix`	N	T	T
`wildcard`	N	T	T
`regexp`	N	T	T
`fuzzy`	N	T	T
`ids`	N	T	T

Compound Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`bool`	N	T	T
`constant_score`	N	T	T
`dis_max`	N	T	T
`boosting`	N	T	T
`function_score`	N	P	P
`script_score`	N	F	F
`pinned`	N	T	T

Nested & Join Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`nested`	N	F	F
`has_child`	N	F	F
`has_parent`	N	F	F

Geo Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`geo_distance`	N	T	F
`geo_bounding_box`	N	T	F
`geo_shape`	N	F	F

Vector Search

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`knn`	N	T	N

Span Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`span_term`	N	T	T
`span_near`	N	T	T
`span_or`	N	T	T
`span_not`	N	T	T
`span_first`	N	F	F

Specialized Queries

Query	ES	Solr	Lucene
`more_like_this`	N	T	T
`intervals`	N	T	T
`rank_feature`	N	F	T
`distance_feature`	N	F	F
`wrapper`	N	F	F
`percolate`	N	F	F

Aggregations (35 types)

Bucket Aggregations

Aggregation	ES	Solr	Lucene
`terms`	N	T	T
`range`	N	T	N/A
`date_histogram`	N	N/A	N/A
`histogram`	N	N/A	N/A
`filter`	N	T	T
`filters`	N	T	T
`significant_terms`	N	T	T
`rare_terms`	N	P	T
`nested`	N	N/A	N/A
`reverse_nested`	N	N/A	N/A
`auto_date_histogram`	N	N/A	N/A
`multi_terms`	N	N/A	N/A
`composite`	N	N/A	N/A
`sampler`	N	N/A	N/A
`diversified_sampler`	N	N/A	N/A
`adjacency_matrix`	N	N/A	N/A
`geo_distance`	N	N/A	N/A
`variable_width_histogram`	N	N/A	N/A

Metric Aggregations

Aggregation	ES	Solr	Lucene
`avg`	N	T	T
`sum`	N	T	T
`min`	N	T	T
`max`	N	T	T
`cardinality`	N	T	T
`value_count`	N	T	T
`stats`	N	T	T
`extended_stats`	N	T	T
`percentiles`	N	T	T
`percentile_ranks`	N	T	T
`top_hits`	N	N/A	N/A
`top_metrics`	N	N/A	N/A
`median_absolute_deviation`	N	N/A	N/A
`boxplot`	N	N/A	N/A
`string_stats`	N	N/A	N/A
`matrix_stats`	N	N/A	N/A
`t_test`	N	N/A	N/A
`rate`	N	N/A	N/A
`scripted_metric`	N	N/A	N/A
`geo_bounds`	N	N/A	N/A
`geo_centroid`	N	N/A	N/A

Request Features (29 fields)

Feature	ES	Solr	Lucene
`from` / `size`	N	T	T
`sort`	N	T	T
`_source`	N	T	T
`highlight`	N	T	T
`aggs`	N	T	T
`post_filter`	N	T	T
`min_score`	N	T	P
`search_after`	N	N/A	N/A
`collapse`	N	T	N/A
`suggest`	N	P	N/A
`rescore`	N	P	N/A
`timeout`	N	T	N/A
`explain`	N	T	N/A
`script_fields`	N	N/A	N/A
`indices_boost`	N	N/A	N/A
`track_total_hits`	N	T	T
`stored_fields`	N	T	N/A
`scroll`	N	N/A	N/A
`profile`	N	N/A	N/A
`pit`	N	N/A	N/A
`docvalue_fields`	N	N/A	N/A
`version`	N	N/A	N/A
`seq_no_primary_term`	N	N/A	N/A
`preference`	N	N/A	N/A
`routing`	N	N/A	N/A
`terminate_after`	N	N/A	N/A

Response Fields

Field	ES	Solr	Lucene
`took`	N	T	T
`timed_out`	N	T	T
`hits.total`	N	T	T
`hits.max_score`	N	T	T
`hits._id`	N	T	T
`hits._score`	N	T	T
`hits._source`	N	T	T
`hits.highlight`	N	T	T
`hits._explanation`	N	N/A	N/A
`hits.fields`	N	N/A	N/A
`hits._version`	N	N/A	N/A
`hits._seq_no`	N	N/A	N/A
`hits.sort`	N	N/A	N/A
`aggregations`	N	T	T
`suggest`	N	N/A	N/A
`_scroll_id`	N	N/A	N/A
`profile`	N	N/A	N/A
`_shards`	N	N/A	N/A

Coverage Summary

Category	Total	ES	Solr	Lucene
Queries	40	N 100%	T 100%	T 100%
Aggregations	35	N 100%	T 49%	T 31%
Request Features	29	N 100%	T 41%	T 21%
Response Fields	18	N 100%	T 44%	T 44%

Recommendation

For full DSL compatibility, use Elasticsearch as the search engine backend. Solr and Lucene provide excellent coverage for the most common queries and aggregations, with best-effort translations for advanced features.

Engine Selection Guide

Use Case	Recommended
Full Elasticsearch DSL compatibility	N Elasticsearch
Production enterprise search with Solr infrastructure	T Solr
Embedded search without external dependencies	T Lucene
Vector / semantic search (knn)	N ES or N Lucene
Advanced aggregations (composite, nested, geo)	N Elasticsearch
Simple faceted search with metric aggs	T Solr or T Lucene

DSL Query API: the query syntax this matrix describes
Search Engine: configure the Solr / Elasticsearch / Lucene backend
REST API Reference: the simpler /search endpoint

Legend​

Queries (40 types)​

Full-text Queries​

Term-level Queries​

Compound Queries​

Nested & Join Queries​

Geo Queries​

Vector Search​

Span Queries​

Specialized Queries​

Aggregations (35 types)​

Bucket Aggregations​

Metric Aggregations​

Request Features (29 fields)​

Response Fields​

Coverage Summary​

Engine Selection Guide​

Related Pages​