# Match Query - Can you help me?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [November 28, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457 "2018-11-28T05:11:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giorgi_Kharchenko)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 5:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/1 "2018-11-28T05:11:59Z")

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Hi,  
I want to search this kind of thing.  
I have fields like this.

identifiers:[{key: "list1", value:"My name is Giorgi"}, {key:"list2", value:"Giorgi"}, {key:"list3", value:"Giorgi Kharchenko"}]

```
{
	"query" :{
		"bool" :{
			"must" : {
				"match_phrase" :{
						"identifiers.value" : "Giorgi"
								}
						}
					}
				}	
		}
}

```

So I want to get records which contains identifiers that includes search value for value property.  
{key:"list2", value:"Giorgi"}

I am not sure how I can build the query.  
I tried with term query but was not good.

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**Author:** ![super\_yang](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/super_yang/32/38112_2.png) [@super\_yang](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/super_yang)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:20am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/2 "2018-11-28T07:20:55Z")

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I think what you need is "wildcard", it can implement similar function as "SQL like"

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**Author:** ![Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giorgi_Kharchenko)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:22am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/3 "2018-11-28T07:22:16Z")

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well , can you post sample code if possible?

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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:** [November 28, 2018, 7:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/4 "2018-11-28T07:33:20Z")

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No. Please do not use wildcard unless you are happy with slow queries.

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**Author:** ![Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/8491ac/32.png) [@Giorgi\_Kharchenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Giorgi_Kharchenko)\
**Post date:** [November 28, 2018, 7:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/5 "2018-11-28T07:34:52Z")

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What is the solution?

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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:** [November 28, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/6 "2018-11-28T07:35:22Z")

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You asked similar question in [Term Query is not working](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-query-is-not-working/158470/4) so please let's keep the discussion in a single place. I'm going to close this topic.

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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:** [November 28, 2018, 7:35am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/match-query-can-you-help-me/158457/7 "2018-11-28T07:35:30Z")

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