# Exact Search on multiple wildcard-fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 27, 2018, 10:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921 "2018-07-27T10:35:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![cherry-wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cherry-wave/32/32696_2.png) [@cherry-wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cherry-wave)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 7:12am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921/22 "2018-08-08T07:12:07Z")

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OK then it seems to be a problem with 5.6.4 or even any 5.6.x version. I will try it out.

Are there any other possibilities to do an exact search then?

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 7:28am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921/23 "2018-08-08T07:28:10Z")

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This works on 5.x:

```auto
GET /index/_search
{
  "query": {
    "match": {
      "text.keyword": "basket of apples"
    }
  }
}

```

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**Author:** ![cherry-wave](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/cherry-wave/32/32696_2.png) [@cherry-wave](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cherry-wave)\
**Post date:** [August 8, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921/24 "2018-08-08T11:26:41Z")

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Ah yeah, I didn't try out the match-query, thank you very much! I just made a little twist and use the "multi\_match" query because I need to enter multiple fields with wildcard in the fieldname, a simple example:

```
GET /_search
{
  "query": {
    "multi_match" : {
      "query": "basket of apples", 
      "fields": ["tex*.keyword"] 
    }
  }
}

```

Works like a charm!

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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:** [September 5, 2018, 11:26am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/exact-search-on-multiple-wildcard-fields/141921/25 "2018-09-05T11:26:47Z")

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Closed on September 5, 2018, 11:26am UTC

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