# Search query in elasticsearch

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-in-elasticsearch/20233>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [October 14, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-in-elasticsearch/20233 "2014-10-14T09:40:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![vipins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/vipins/32/979_2.png) [@vipins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/vipins)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2014, 9:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-in-elasticsearch/20233/1 "2014-10-14T09:40:59Z")

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Hi,

I am trying to search for a document in elasticsearch.

Field name is sum and Field value is 'SUM-123'

I created a boolquery to matchQuery('sum','SUM-123').

But it is not returning the exact sum field documents instead it is returning the documents with different field values.

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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, 12:56am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/search-query-in-elasticsearch/20233/2 "2017-07-06T00:56:25Z")

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