# Question regarding filtering on field values
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [May 16, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141 "2016-05-16T17:09:56Z")
**Posts on this page:** 4
**Page:** 1
### Author:  [@sridhark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sridhark)
#### Post date: [May 16, 2016, 5:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141/1 "2016-05-16T17:09:57Z")
I would like to query filtering on "fieldname" through POST method.
For example:
field "activity\_name" values are below
a) Satisfaction Data\_sample
b) Airline Satisfaction Survey\_test
c) Airline Satisfaction Survey
d) Satisfaction Data
The below should retrieve documents which has "activity\_name" field value contains "Satis" for specified time range. Please suggest me how can we specify it?
```
{
"fields": [
"message",
"activity_name"
],
query: {
"query_string": {
"query": "type:\"sample\" AND activity_name:\"*Satis*\""
}
},
filter : {
"range": {
"@timestamp": {
"from": 1463410411109,
"to": 1463414011108
}
}
}
}
```
I'm expecting to retrieve all 4 documents but the above code didn't return anything.
but I am able to retrieve documents filtered on particular word (eg: _Satisfaction_) which returns all 4, but not with in between text.
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### Author:  [@mikemccand](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mikemccand)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 3:17pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141/2 "2016-05-17T15:17:06Z")
Can you simplify the query to narrow it down to which part is failing to match? I.e., is it the `*Satis*` wildcard, or the range on `@timestamp`?
Mike McCandless
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### Author:  [@sridhark](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sridhark)
#### Post date: [May 17, 2016, 4:01pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141/3 "2016-05-17T16:01:33Z")
No problem with @timestamp. The wild card `*Satis*` didn't give any result with the below code. But when i use `*Satisfaction*` returns all 4 (a,b,c,d) values listed above. I expected to return those 4 values with `*Satis*` also. How do i specify in query?
```
{
"fields": [
"message",
"activity_name"
],
query: {
"query_string": {
"query": "type:\"sample\" AND activity_name:\"*Satis*\""
}
}
}
```
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 5, 2017, 10:50pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/question-regarding-filtering-on-field-values/50141/4 "2017-07-05T22:50:57Z")