# Query string not returning what is expected
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-returning-what-is-expected/142801
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [August 2, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-returning-what-is-expected/142801 "2018-08-02T19:30:29Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@cchooks2](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/cchooks2)
#### Post date: [August 2, 2018, 7:30pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-returning-what-is-expected/142801/1 "2018-08-02T19:30:29Z")
Hello,
I have the following set of data coming into Kibana:
Snippet:
"atc.syncer.ecc-hello-world-perf\_test\_team\_qa-13-0:scheduler.tick.scheduling. **try-start-next-pending-build.scan**.failed-to-evaluate-resource-source"
"message":"atc.syncer.ruby-buildpack-health:scheduler.tick.scheduling.try-start-next-pending-build.finished"
My query i am using is : try-start-next-pending-build.scan
I am trying to only match on the first message and only the query, but that is not happening. It's also matching other messages that contain start-next-pending
It is only highlighting "start-next-pending", but not the full query in the search.
Can someone help explain why this is happening and what query i should use to return only what i want: try-start-next-pending-build.scan
Thanks
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### Author:  [@Charaf\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Charaf_Ahmed)
#### Post date: [August 3, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-returning-what-is-expected/142801/2 "2018-08-03T07:45:26Z")
Try query`_exists_`
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [August 31, 2018, 7:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-string-not-returning-what-is-expected/142801/3 "2018-08-31T07:45:27Z")
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