# Copy\_to field need both exact search as well as partial search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-field-need-both-exact-search-as-well-as-partial-search/129538>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [April 25, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-field-need-both-exact-search-as-well-as-partial-search/129538 "2018-04-25T16:43:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![pavan\_patharde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/45deac/32.png) [@pavan\_patharde](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/pavan_patharde)\
**Post date:** [April 25, 2018, 4:43pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-field-need-both-exact-search-as-well-as-partial-search/129538/1 "2018-04-25T16:43:40Z")

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Have around 10 fields in the mapping which have copy\_to attribute(catch\_all field)  
When Queried for partial query using match results are returned. When queried for complete word, still get many results instead of one.

can some body help ?

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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:** [May 23, 2018, 4:44pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/copy-to-field-need-both-exact-search-as-well-as-partial-search/129538/2 "2018-05-23T16:44:00Z")

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