# How to search in full folder path?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 19, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811 "2020-07-19T17:53:18Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2020, 5:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/1 "2020-07-19T17:53:18Z")

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I used ElasticSeaarch index filename with full path.

for example, c:\dir11\dir12\dir13\dir14\fn11.txt  
c:\dir21\dir22\dir23\dir24\fn21.pdf  
c:\dir31\dir32\dir33\dir34\fn31.doc  
c:\dir41\dir42\dir43\dir44\fn41.ppt

What I want to search not just filename, but partial folder are included, for example, "dir13\dir14\fn11.txt".

Would you please give suggestions how to implement? Thanks in advance.

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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:** [July 19, 2020, 8:48pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/2 "2020-07-19T20:48:38Z")

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Welcome !

May be this could be helpful? [https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-pathhierarchy-tokenizer.html](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/analysis-pathhierarchy-tokenizer.html)

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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/3 "2020-07-20T00:35:21Z")

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Thanks David. Will try that and get back later

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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 12:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/4 "2020-07-20T00:54:21Z")

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Looks like pathhierarchy generates term from beginning or the end.

Is it possible to search part of path in the middle, for example, \dir33\dir34?

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 5:18am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/5 "2020-07-20T05:18:37Z")

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Would creating a custom tokenizer for the field and split on `\` work? That would give you ability to search on path components.

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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:30am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/6 "2020-07-20T09:30:54Z")

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Thanks Christian.

I think this may work. But because the search can start and end anywhere, so we should generate all combinations, and it will need a lot of space

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**Author:** ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/7 "2020-07-20T09:40:26Z")

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If you are looking for partial paths I assume they would be in sequence. Could you maybe use a phrase query?

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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 9:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/8 "2020-07-20T09:46:19Z")

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Do you mean  
[https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase.html#query-dsl-match-query-phrase](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-match-query-phrase.html#query-dsl-match-query-phrase)?

Will try and get back

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**Author:** ![jimw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f14d63/32.png) [@jimw](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jimw)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2020, 10:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/9 "2020-07-20T10:10:01Z")

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Thanks Christian. It works. 🙂

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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:** [August 17, 2020, 10:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-in-full-folder-path/241811/10 "2020-08-17T10:24:01Z")

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