# $ sign infornt of value for user.name

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sign-infornt-of-value-for-user-name/354836>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 6, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sign-infornt-of-value-for-user-name/354836 "2024-03-06T11:08:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nouman\_Ahmed](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/nouman_ahmed/32/132033_2.png) [@Nouman\_Ahmed](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Nouman_Ahmed)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 11:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sign-infornt-of-value-for-user-name/354836/1 "2024-03-06T11:08:36Z")

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Hello everyone,

Can someone please tell why i am getting $ for a user.name value i.e. user.name : Hoby$. Is this something issue with mapping?

Like i am getting two username hoby$ and hoby.

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**Author:** ![dadoonet](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/dadoonet/32/137187_2.png) [@dadoonet](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/dadoonet)\
**Post date:** [March 6, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sign-infornt-of-value-for-user-name/354836/2 "2024-03-06T11:47:12Z")

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Could you share a full json example of a call made in Kibana dev console and the output please?

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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:** [April 3, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sign-infornt-of-value-for-user-name/354836/3 "2024-04-03T11:47:59Z")

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