# How to search in an array passing multiple values

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 23, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603 "2019-08-23T23:23:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![shani\_angarkadu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shani_angarkadu/32/50638_2.png) [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2019, 11:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603/1 "2019-08-23T23:23:16Z")

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I have filed with multiple values,

```auto

{ "applids": [
                       "6512708",
                       " 8234215"
                   ] } 

```

how to pass multiple values and search ?

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**Author:** ![Emanuil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emanuil/32/36783_2.png) [@Emanuil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emanuil)\
**Post date:** [August 24, 2019, 5:36pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603/2 "2019-08-24T17:36:11Z")

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You search arrays in the same way as any other field. Issuing a Match or Term query on field "applids" for "6512708" should return the same result as if the field was a string e.g. "applids": "6512708".

[A Term **s** query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-terms-query.html) will do multiple values at once, e.g. "give me 6512708 or 8234215". I'd recommend making this field a Keyword field in your mappings if you're only going to do exact matches on it.

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**Author:** ![shani\_angarkadu](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shani_angarkadu/32/50638_2.png) [@shani\_angarkadu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shani_angarkadu)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603/3 "2019-08-29T19:15:04Z")

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it worked after making the field type long. thank you

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**Author:** ![Emanuil](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/emanuil/32/36783_2.png) [@Emanuil](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Emanuil)\
**Post date:** [August 29, 2019, 10:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603/5 "2019-08-29T22:56:00Z")

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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:** [November 4, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-an-array-passing-multiple-values/196603/6 "2022-11-04T07:22:42Z")

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