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3 changes: 2 additions & 1 deletion docs/reference/security/limitations.asciidoc
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* A search request cannot be profiled if document level security is enabled.
* The <<search-terms-enum,terms enum API>> does not return terms if document
level security is enabled.
* The <<query-dsl-multi-match-query, `multi_match`>> query does not support specifying fields using wildcards.

NOTE: While document-level security prevents users from viewing restricted documents,
it's still possible to write search requests that return aggregate information about the
entire index. A user whose access is restricted to specific documents in an index could
still learn about field names and terms that only exist in inaccessible
documents, and count how many inaccessible documents contain a given term.
documents, and count how many inaccessible documents contain a given term.

[discrete]
[[alias-limitations]]
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