# How to search Text in Multi-valued field elementwise

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-text-in-multi-valued-field-elementwise/221212>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [February 27, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-text-in-multi-valued-field-elementwise/221212 "2020-02-27T10:55:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![tarungargbtp2612](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tarungargbtp2612/32/45903_2.png) [@tarungargbtp2612](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tarungargbtp2612)\
**Post date:** [February 27, 2020, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-text-in-multi-valued-field-elementwise/221212/1 "2020-02-27T10:55:23Z")

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I have a field:

```auto
"skills" : [
                  "smart worker",
                  "dedicated",
                  "english",
                  "bengali",
                  "dbms"
                ]

```

If I write a `match` query with `"text": "dedicated worker"`, this doc appears in the results, but I want to search the field elementwise. Is there a better way to do it without using `nested` structure?

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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:** [March 26, 2020, 11:10am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/how-to-search-text-in-multi-valued-field-elementwise/221212/2 "2020-03-26T11:10:05Z")

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