# Search not working in Graph - Kibana

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-not-working-in-graph-kibana/95241>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [July 31, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-not-working-in-graph-kibana/95241 "2017-07-31T20:12:05Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![jobyjohny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/eada6e/32.png) [@jobyjohny](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jobyjohny)\
**Post date:** [July 31, 2017, 8:12pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-not-working-in-graph-kibana/95241/1 "2017-07-31T20:12:05Z")

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@Mark_Harwood  
I have created a graph using Kibana. When I search with the keyword "James" it shows the complete graph and no filter is happening .Please check the before and after screenshots

 ![graph- After](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/e/9/e9d58c72bb766a9fdb545b10e465ca1cd0e5085d.PNG) ![graph- before](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/1/21ffc7382632622fbaa1ca3cb425d509373f946e.PNG)

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Harwood](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mark_harwood/32/10538_2.png) [@Mark\_Harwood](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Mark_Harwood)\
**Post date:** [August 1, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-not-working-in-graph-kibana/95241/2 "2017-08-01T08:43:13Z")

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Hi jobyjohny,

I'm not sure what you expect to be the difference between these screenshots?

I think I'd need to see the raw docs/config if you can share them and a description of the issue.

If the issue is the "Matt" cluster appears unrelated to James it may be that the free-text query has found the word James somewhere in a Matt doc but in a field that is not configured to be a graph field (e.g. a text description perhaps). Maybe the query you enter needs to be more restrictive by either:

a) Prefixing the word james with a fieldname in the query string e.g. `account_holder:James` or  
b) Typing raw query DSL into the search bar e.g. `{ "term":{ "account_holder":"James"}` or  
c) Typing raw Graph queries into the search bar e.g. `{ "vertices" ....`

If the issue is the 2 islands should be connected then you can back-fill connections between the nodes you've already discovered using the link icon :  
 ![Kibana](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/b/c/bcafba3cce272a600b19580bd0cc55f199508d7c.png)

Cheers  
Mark

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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:** [August 29, 2017, 8:43am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-not-working-in-graph-kibana/95241/3 "2017-08-29T08:43:37Z")

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