# Special Character # search on Kibana Search Bar
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147
**Category:** Kibana
**Created:** [March 11, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147 "2024-03-11T10:51:47Z")
**Posts on this page:** 6
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### Author:  [@nkf\_123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nkf_123)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2024, 10:51am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/1 "2024-03-11T10:51:47Z")
I have defined an analyzer
"analyzer": {
"special\_analyzer": {
"filter": [
"lowercase",
"custom\_special\_char\_filter"
],
"type": "custom",
"tokenizer": "whitespace"
}
}
},
and it analyzes the # value
QUERY:
POST .ds-os-logs-test-2024.03.07-000001/\_analyze
{
"analyzer": "special\_analyzer",
"text": "############### For ObjectID:332270810058 getting trace BV ID:212318 BV Value:337040313158 Found in Cache?:T ----- PL/SQL Call Stack -----"
}
OUTPUT:
{
"tokens": [
{
"token": "###############",
"start\_offset": 0,
"end\_offset": 15,
"type": "word",
"position": 0
},
{
"token": "for",
"start\_offset": 16,
"end\_offset": 19,
"type": "word",
"position": 1
},
.
.
.
But when I search for os.log.message : ############### I do not get any records.
I have even tried using **###############** , /###############/, **#**
Nothing works.
Kindly advise what I need to do.
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### Author:  [@Priscilla\_Parodi](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Priscilla_Parodi)
#### Post date: [March 12, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/2 "2024-03-12T17:05:52Z")
Hello @nkf_123, welcome to the community!
Try filtering by the keyword subfield: `os.log.message.keyword: ###############`
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### Author:  [@nkf\_123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nkf_123)
#### Post date: [March 13, 2024, 8:40am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/3 "2024-03-13T08:40:28Z")
os.log.message is of type: text.
I need to maintain it as type - text.
What is strange is that the analyzer picks the # value due to whitespace tokenizer but it fails to search for it in kibana search bar
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### Author:  [@nkf\_123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nkf_123)
#### Post date: [March 14, 2024, 4:33pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/4 "2024-03-14T16:33:48Z")
[@elastic\_team](https://discuss.elastic.co/groups/elastic_team) Please help me out
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### Author:  [@nkf\_123](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nkf_123)
#### Post date: [March 18, 2024, 10:54am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/5 "2024-03-18T10:54:49Z")
@Priscilla_Parodi
os.log.message is of type: text.
I need to maintain it as type - text.
What is strange is that the analyzer picks the # value due to whitespace tokenizer but it fails to search for it in kibana search bar
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 15, 2024, 10:55am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/special-character-search-on-kibana-search-bar/355147/6 "2024-04-15T10:55:16Z")
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