# Filter by field name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-by-field-name/6086>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 7, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-by-field-name/6086 "2011-12-07T05:06:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![qitian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a587f6/32.png) [@qitian](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/qitian)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2011, 5:06am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-by-field-name/6086/1 "2011-12-07T05:06:27Z")

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Hi,  
Is it possible filter by field name?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filter-by-field-name/6086/2 "2017-07-06T03:46:15Z")

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