# Query containing special character is not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 25, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080 "2021-06-25T15:13:28Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ElektroKinetik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elektrokinetik/32/115995_2.png) [@ElektroKinetik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElektroKinetik)\
**Post date:** [June 25, 2021, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080/1 "2021-06-25T15:13:28Z")

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```auto
This works!

{
                  "match_phrase": {
                    "fields.customer": {
                      "query": “\"MFG OPS AC DEV\""
                    }
                  }
                },   

This doe's **not** work, what am I missing? ...

               {
                  "match_phrase": {
                    "fields.customer": {
                      "query": “\"MFG OPS AC DEV (USA ARP7.0)\""
                    }
                  }
                },

```

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**Author:** ![ElektroKinetik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/elektrokinetik/32/115995_2.png) [@ElektroKinetik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ElektroKinetik)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 3:11am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080/2 "2021-07-07T03:11:51Z")

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Anyone? 😉

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**Author:** ![spinscale](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/spinscale/32/25011_2.png) [@spinscale](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/spinscale)\
**Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080/3 "2021-07-07T14:35:13Z")

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Hey,

please take some more time to come up with a small but **fully reproducible** example. This includes

- index creation including mapping
- sample documents
- a full query

That said, my first take in such a setup is always to test out the [analyze API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/indices-analyze.html) to understand what is indexed in Elasticsearch and how the query looks like. You could also go ahead with the [Explain API](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/search-explain.html) and the [explain search option](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.13/search-search.html#request-body-search-explain)

hope this helps as a start!

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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:** [August 4, 2021, 2:35pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-containing-special-character-is-not-working/277080/4 "2021-08-04T14:35:49Z")

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