# Query syntax

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-syntax/29263>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [September 14, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-syntax/29263 "2015-09-14T15:34:47Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Mykolaichenko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/41988e/32.png) [@Mykolaichenko](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mykolaichenko)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-syntax/29263/1 "2015-09-14T15:34:47Z")

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Hi, guys!  
I have one problem - I can't understand how elastic's queries works.  
I want to find logs using "file" field. It's worked only if I press plus on this field with key (path to file), but when I put it to search using hands - it didn't work.  
Can anyone show me my mistake?

Here is full post with screens: [https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4937](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/4937)

Thanks, a lot,  
Oleg.

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**Author:** ![tbragin](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/tbragin/32/45166_2.png) [@tbragin](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tbragin)\
**Post date:** [September 26, 2015, 1:02pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-syntax/29263/2 "2015-09-26T13:02:09Z")

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Sorry about the delay in the response. It looks like it should work...

What are your ES mappings for your file field? What Kibana version and OS/browser version are you using?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 2:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-syntax/29263/3 "2017-07-06T14:12:23Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 2:12pm UTC