# Search on particular fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-on-particular-fields/6855>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 1, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-on-particular-fields/6855 "2012-03-01T14:28:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![android](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cdc98d/32.png) [@android](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/android)\
**Post date:** [March 1, 2012, 2:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-on-particular-fields/6855/1 "2012-03-01T14:28:51Z")

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Hi all,

I want to search only on specific fields, not all. Could you tell me a way to do this in java?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![BARNEY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/48db29/32.png) [@BARNEY](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/BARNEY)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-on-particular-fields/6855/2 "2012-03-05T12:13:07Z")

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QueryBuilders.queryString("search string").field(query).field(query);

On Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 7:58 PM, android [orcunsimsek@gmail.com](mailto:orcunsimsek@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> I want to search only on specific fields, not all. Could you tell me a way  
> to do this in java?
> 
> Thanks!
> 
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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, 3:37am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-on-particular-fields/6855/3 "2017-07-06T03:37:22Z")

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