# Query Suggestions and Special Characters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestions-and-special-characters/327699>\
**Category:** Elastic Search\
**Tags:** elastic-app-search\
**Created:** [March 14, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestions-and-special-characters/327699 "2023-03-14T20:54:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![ryans](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/90db22/32.png) [@ryans](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ryans)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestions-and-special-characters/327699/1 "2023-03-14T20:54:17Z")

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Hi there. I have created and configured an Elasticsearch Index-based App Search Engine that has a char\_filter to not strip $, \*, and / characters as they are important to my business. My search queries work great, but Query Suggestions strip these characters (ex. query suggestion term of $20 returns results for 20). Does anyone know a way around this so that these characters are not ignored in the Query Suggestions? I'm willing to convert my Query Suggestions to native Elasticsearch if necessary.

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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:** [April 11, 2023, 8:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-suggestions-and-special-characters/327699/2 "2023-04-11T20:54:35Z")

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