# Filtering for two chars strings on keyword field does not work?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-for-two-chars-strings-on-keyword-field-does-not-work/116409>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [January 21, 2018, 10:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-for-two-chars-strings-on-keyword-field-does-not-work/116409 "2018-01-21T22:36:11Z")\
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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:** [January 22, 2018, 4:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/filtering-for-two-chars-strings-on-keyword-field-does-not-work/116409/2 "2018-01-22T04:29:00Z")

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Could you provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible.

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