This is a query that returns the top X elements in the study class
<quer:filtering xmlns:quer="http://www.taleo.com/ws/integration/query"> <quer:or> <quer:lessThanOrEqual> <quer:field path="ProfileInformation,Studies,DisplaySequence"/> <quer:integer>1</quer:integer> </quer:lessThanOrEqual> <quer:isNull> <quer:query projectedClass="Study" alias="My_Study_SubQuery"> <quer:projections> <quer:projection alias="My_Study_Alias"> <quer:field path="DisplaySequence"/> </quer:projection> </quer:projections> <quer:filterings> <quer:filtering> <quer:equal> <quer:field path="Number"/> <quer:field ownerQuery="NewHire" path="ProfileInformation,Studies"/> </quer:equal> </quer:filtering> </quer:filterings> </quer:query> </quer:isNull> </quer:or> </quer:filtering>