# Query to display the results contains speicifed string **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [April 27, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570 "2016-04-27T15:28:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nagesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nagesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nagesh)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/1 "2016-04-27T15:28:49Z")
Hi, Application name is property in the fields list of Kibana dashboard viewlet. Suppose if I need to display logs which contains application name in the log message then what query I need to use in dashboard. Thanks, Nagesh. ---
**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:27pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/2 "2016-04-28T14:27:29Z")
Hi Nagesh, I'm not sure I understood your question correctly. Are you trying to display logs that contain a specific application name in the log message? ---
**Author:** ![nagesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nagesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nagesh)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 2:42pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/3 "2016-04-28T14:42:41Z")
Yes , you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![shaunak](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/shaunak/32/6643_2.png) [@shaunak](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shaunak)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/4 "2016-04-28T15:13:29Z")
At the top of the Dashboard page there is a search bar. Initially it will contain the value `*` in it. You can change this to `: ""` and hit enter. That should narrow down the results on your dashboard to just that application. ---
**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2016, 3:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/5 "2016-04-28T15:13:34Z")
Hi Nagesh, If your field name, for example, is `_type` and a value in that field is `apache` you can put this in the discover search bar `_type:apache`. If you need to search for a documents that contain a substring in a field you can use something like this `links:*twitter*` so that it finds things like `www.twitter.com`. Thanks, Lee P.S. Nevermind, I see you're asking about Dashboard, not Discover. ---
**Author:** ![nagesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nagesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nagesh)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 5:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/6 "2016-05-02T05:56:18Z")
Thank you very much Lee. ---
**Author:** ![nagesh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nagesh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nagesh)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2016, 12:23pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/7 "2016-05-10T12:23:07Z")
Hi Lee, I have filed **application** in my dashboard viewlet, so I have defined query **application : testApp** to view the logs. It is not displaying logs related to testApp. Can you tell me what is wrong ? Thanks, Nagesh. ---
**Author:** ![LeeDr](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/leedr/32/9289_2.png) [@LeeDr](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/LeeDr)\ **Post date:** [July 21, 2016, 5:57pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/8 "2016-07-21T17:57:38Z")
Hi nagesh, I just found out that I wasn't getting email notifications on these discuss topics. Did you resolve your issue? If not, is `application` your field name which has values of `testApp`? Regards, Lee ---
**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, 1:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/9 "2017-07-06T13:45:00Z")
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**Author:** ![Stef\_Nestor](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/stef_nestor/32/85483_2.png) [@Stef\_Nestor](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Stef_Nestor)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2021, 3:32am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-to-display-the-results-contains-speicifed-string/48570/10 "2021-09-04T03:32:15Z")
Post-mortem linking related [Kibana info](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.14/kibana-concepts-analysts.html#kibana-concepts-searching-your-data) with following [quoted KQL search info](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/7.14/kibana-concepts-analysts.html#semi-structured-search) > - Exact phrase query: `http.response.body:"quick brown fox"` > - Terms query: `http.response.status_code:400 401 404` > - Boolean query: `response:200 or extension:php` > - Range query: `account_number >= 100 and items_sold <= 200` > - Wildcard query: `machine.os:win*` These can be used on your [Dashboards](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/dashboard.html) and in [Discover](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/discover.html)