# Kibana string search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 11, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363 "2020-09-11T16:47:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![newmember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@newmember](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newmember)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 4:47pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363/1 "2020-09-11T16:47:26Z")

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I cant filter for SC  
tried:  
:SC:: nothing  
SC nothing  
:SC: nothing  
"SC" nothing

How do I find "SC" in this string?

`CDR|N|09:11:2020 09:00:06:939|BIG|20010|boat02|30862|35|BIG_InitiateSMS|_sngtv_|02-P35-09112:SC:BIG:46663597:164746800:092020090693::`

Thank you

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363/2 "2020-09-11T17:34:31Z")

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I would recommand to parse correctly your CDR using a simple grok  
if your cdr is indexed in one field as a text you can try `*SC*`

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**Author:** ![newmember](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@newmember](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/newmember)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363/3 "2020-09-11T17:42:33Z")

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Thank you `*SC*` is getting me closer.

Interesting you mentioned GROK, I see that my GROK filter is not being applied and secondly I was looking DISSECT because the variations in the message were getting tough to parse with GROK.

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**Author:** ![ylasri](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ylasri/32/86120_2.png) [@ylasri](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ylasri)\
**Post date:** [September 11, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363/4 "2020-09-11T17:45:14Z")

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Yes [dissect](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/dissect-processor.html) is a good and simple when you don't need regular expressions,  
otherwise [grok](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/master/grok-processor.html) is very powerful

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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:** [October 9, 2020, 5:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/kibana-string-search/248363/5 "2020-10-09T17:45:19Z")

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