# Query seach in elasticsearch

**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [December 8, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939 "2020-12-08T06:03:03Z")
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### Author: ![111411](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111411/32/79280_2.png) [@111411](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111411)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 6:03am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/1 "2020-12-08T06:03:03Z")

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I'm trying to search in elasticsearch by query.  
I'm want to get uuid = 002A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2 of device index.  
GET device/\_search?  
{  
"query": {  
"match": {  
"uuid" : "0aaa02A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2"  
}  
}  
}

I want to get exactly the uuid. Only one letter difference is not effective. match is wrong.  
Any help on how to resolve this issue? Sorry for my english.

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### Author: ![warkolm](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/warkolm/32/39224_2.png) [@warkolm](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/warkolm)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 6:33am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/2 "2020-12-08T06:33:16Z")

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Just to be clear, you want it to match both `002A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2` and `0aaa02A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2`?

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### Author: ![111411](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111411/32/79280_2.png) [@111411](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111411)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 6:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/3 "2020-12-08T06:40:11Z")

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sorry. I'm just want to get uuid = 002A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2 in my query.  
If use match, in the query uuid = 0aaa02A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2, the result will still return 002A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2.

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 6:50am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/4 "2020-12-08T06:50:07Z")

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This is due to how your field is mapped. If you have not specified any index template it may be using the default mapping. In that case try to query `uuid.keyword` instead using a term query as that [is not analyzed](https://medium.com/better-programming/elasticsearch-text-vs-keyword-2ccb99ec72ae).

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### Author: ![111411](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111411/32/79280_2.png) [@111411](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111411)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 6:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/5 "2020-12-08T06:59:42Z")

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Thanks very much. Can you help me get the uuid list in divice index

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### Author: ![Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/christian_dahlqvist/32/4617_2.png) [@Christian\_Dahlqvist](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Christian_Dahlqvist)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 7:04am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/6 "2020-12-08T07:04:13Z")

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Try something like this (have not tested) assuming you are using default mappings:

```
GET device/_search?
{
  "query": {
    "term": {
      "uuid.keyword": {
        "value": "002A13AC-93E6-4141-AA28-0A86F1B5E5C2"
      }
    }
  }
}

```

The [documentation](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.10/query-dsl-term-query.html) contains further details.

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### Author: ![111411](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/111411/32/79280_2.png) [@111411](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/111411)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2020, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/7 "2020-12-08T07:24:24Z")

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thanks you very much.

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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: [January 5, 2021, 7:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-seach-in-elasticsearch/257939/8 "2021-01-05T07:24:30Z")

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