# Cannot search special characters in values

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-search-special-characters-in-values/148114>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 11, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-search-special-characters-in-values/148114 "2018-09-11T12:01:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![agrawal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/agrawal/32/33850_2.png) [@agrawal](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/agrawal)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-search-special-characters-in-values/148114/1 "2018-09-11T12:01:30Z")

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Hi,

I have indexed some data in elastic search(version - 6.2.4), in that I have two field-  
TestcaseName and testSuiteName. Their values have special characters like "-" ,"\_" "["  
etc.  
when trying to search the data based on the above two fields using the query builder (java) Showing no result.

Data Example:

testcasename: UC4210-SC05-01: ABM users account gets ATOed----------RUNID1529047836----------  
testsuitename : UC4210-SC05-ABM-Miscellaneous\_Suite

My question is - Do special character in values create any problem while search. If yes, what could be the workaround for this

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2018, 12:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/cannot-search-special-characters-in-values/148114/2 "2018-10-09T12:01:38Z")

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