# Mapping for exact or partial matches **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Created:** [April 12, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-for-exact-or-partial-matches/82143 "2017-04-12T11:16:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mikemi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ec9cab/32.png) [@mikemi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikemi)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 11:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-for-exact-or-partial-matches/82143/1 "2017-04-12T11:16:40Z")
Trying to wrap my head around mapping and wondering how to handle a property that would need to be used for both full and partial matching. For example, the `referrer` property in an apache log. I want to be able to create searches against this property for both exact matches, or partial matches (let's say so I can find all records coming from the domain in the referrer). From what I understand, I cannot achieve exact matches with text properties, or partials with keywords. The only thing I can think of is to create 2 properties, one of each type, but that does not sound very sane. Any insight on the best approach for this would be appreciated. **Update** : I found this: [https://www.elastic.co/blog/strings-are-dead-long-live-strings](https://www.elastic.co/blog/strings-are-dead-long-live-strings) So `string` stores values as both `keyword` and `text`. Then I would use `referrer:foo` for a text search and `referrer.keyword:foo` for an exact match keyword search. Is that correct? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2017, 11:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/mapping-for-exact-or-partial-matches/82143/2 "2017-05-10T11:19:20Z")
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