# Is there a SIMILAR TO in Elasticsearch SQL?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\
**Created:** [November 25, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595 "2020-11-25T03:49:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![ElasticLiver](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elasticliver/32/64869_2.png) [@ElasticLiver](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElasticLiver)\
**Post date:** [November 25, 2020, 3:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595/1 "2020-11-25T03:49:59Z")

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Hi, I want to match several values in a Elasticsearch SQL query, is there something like "SIMILAR TO" to do this?

```auto
WHERE items SIMILAR TO 'CPU Porcentual|CPU Utilization'

```

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**Author:** ![bogdan.pintea](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bogdan.pintea/32/45740_2.png) [@bogdan.pintea](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/bogdan.pintea)\
**Post date:** [November 27, 2020, 8:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595/2 "2020-11-27T08:49:19Z")

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You could run `WHERE items LIKE 'CPU%'` or `WHERE items = 'CPU Porcentual' OR items = 'CPU Utilization'` or you could have a look at the [MATCH function](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-functions-search.html#sql-functions-search-match) too.

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**Author:** ![matriv](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/matriv/32/43656_2.png) [@matriv](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/matriv)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595/3 "2020-11-30T19:10:42Z")

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or use `IN`:  
`WHERE items IN (`CPU Porcentual', 'CPU Utilization')`

Keep in mind that exact matches with `=` and `OR` or `IN` are faster than funtions/operators as `LIKE`, `MATCH`, etc.

If you want something more complicated check out also [QUERY function](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/sql-functions-search.html#sql-functions-search-query).

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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:** [December 28, 2020, 7:10pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-a-similar-to-in-elasticsearch-sql/256595/4 "2020-12-28T19:10:46Z")

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