# Not able to search a string with colon in kibana search bar

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-search-a-string-with-colon-in-kibana-search-bar/82110>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [April 12, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-search-a-string-with-colon-in-kibana-search-bar/82110 "2017-04-12T07:58:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Aditya\_Srivastava](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/aditya_srivastava/32/43287_2.png) [@Aditya\_Srivastava](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Aditya_Srivastava)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 7:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-search-a-string-with-colon-in-kibana-search-bar/82110/1 "2017-04-12T07:58:27Z")

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I have two string containing the below lines

CardPaymentTxnRes [txnId= **EC112122153A01** , Code=null, value=14,

[ID:PABCD],[TR: **EC112122153A01**],[TSTART:2017-04-12 11:21:53],[AC\_ID:AC\_1602129A02],

I go to the search bar in Kibana and search for " **EC112122153A01**".  
The output I receive is only the first message and it cannot find the second message.

Can any one help why? And what should I do if I want to search the value in both the messages.

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**Author:** ![rashmi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/rashmi/32/16391_2.png) [@rashmi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/rashmi)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2017, 6:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-search-a-string-with-colon-in-kibana-search-bar/82110/2 "2017-04-12T18:18:18Z")

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Hi,

Could you plz provide us with more details about your field mappings. Are they analyzed fields and using the same analyzer ? Do let us know to help you further.

Thanks  
Rashmi

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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:** [May 10, 2017, 6:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/not-able-to-search-a-string-with-colon-in-kibana-search-bar/82110/3 "2017-05-10T18:23:26Z")

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