# \[Solved\] How to query in kibana for a column name having space in it
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-query-in-kibana-for-a-column-name-having-space-in-it/36618
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [December 8, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-query-in-kibana-for-a-column-name-having-space-in-it/36618 "2015-12-08T10:23:58Z")
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### Author:  [@ppatnaik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppatnaik)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2015, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-query-in-kibana-for-a-column-name-having-space-in-it/36618/1 "2015-12-08T10:23:58Z")
Hello all,
In my documents I have a column with space in it.
e.g. current city.
How can I create a query in kibana discover tab which will access this field in my data.
I tried the following and nothing seems to be working
1. current city:Bangalore
2.
3. [current city:Bangalore]
4. "current city":Bangalore
5. 'current city':Bangalore
Please direct me towards the correct way to do this.
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### Author:  [@ppatnaik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ppatnaik)
#### Post date: [December 8, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-query-in-kibana-for-a-column-name-having-space-in-it/36618/2 "2015-12-08T10:53:52Z")
It seems like we will have to escape space with a backslash for usage.
This is wierd as business users may feel bit uncomfortable with the same.
## soln
current\ city:Bangalore
this did the trick.
Please suggest if there is a better way of doing so,
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 2:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/solved-how-to-query-in-kibana-for-a-column-name-having-space-in-it/36618/3 "2017-07-06T14:07:11Z")