# Query a field with multiple values

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-field-with-multiple-values/164858
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [January 18, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-field-with-multiple-values/164858 "2019-01-18T20:18:26Z")
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### Author: ![KRasekhi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/85e7bf/32.png) [@KRasekhi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/KRasekhi)
#### Post date: [January 18, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-field-with-multiple-values/164858/1 "2019-01-18T20:18:26Z")

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Hi,

How would you go about querying a field with multiple values .. .for example  
field {  
AB,  
AB\_C,  
DEF  
}

field: AB, AB\_C, DEF

Is it possible to query "AB" without getting AB\_C in the results?  
query - field:"AB"

Thanks!

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### Author: ![balumurari1](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/balumurari1/32/39203_2.png) [@balumurari1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/balumurari1)
#### Post date: [January 21, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-field-with-multiple-values/164858/2 "2019-01-21T13:57:21Z")

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The query is as follows,

> GET indexname/\_search  
> {  
> "query" : {  
> "bool": {  
> "should": [  
> {  
> "match": {  
> "fieldname": "AB"  
> }  
> },  
> {  
> "match": {  
> "fieldname": "DEF"  
> }  
> }  
> ]  
> }  
> }  
> }

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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: [February 18, 2019, 1:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-a-field-with-multiple-values/164858/3 "2019-02-18T13:57:21Z")

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