# SQL execution for filed with dot notation

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [October 23, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889 "2019-10-23T14:11:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Khirod\_Panda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khirod_panda/32/47010_2.png) [@Khirod\_Panda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khirod_Panda)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:11pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889/1 "2019-10-23T14:11:10Z")

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Hello , I want to read output for following

```auto
SELECT * FROM "alpha-*" where APILog.req.operationName="submitOrder"

```

but seems it is failing for the APILog.req.operationName . Can we not use that way in SQL ? I have attached screen from kibana the way it looks.

 ![00%20AM](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/6/2/622eb792f72603b2d75ba5e248c1723c25997c90.png)

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**Author:** ![Larry\_Gregory](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/larry_gregory/32/34969_2.png) [@Larry\_Gregory](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Larry_Gregory)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889/2 "2019-10-23T14:19:54Z")

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@Khirod_Panda,

Does the command succeed if you wrap the field name in quotes?

```auto
SELECT * FROM "alpha-*" where "APILog.req.operationName"="submitOrder"

```

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**Author:** ![Khirod\_Panda](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/khirod_panda/32/47010_2.png) [@Khirod\_Panda](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Khirod_Panda)\
**Post date:** [October 23, 2019, 2:37pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889/3 "2019-10-23T14:37:02Z")

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Thanks that worked.

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**Author:** ![Andrei\_Stefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrei_stefan/32/47533_2.png) [@Andrei\_Stefan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Andrei_Stefan)\
**Post date:** [October 24, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889/4 "2019-10-24T08:38:42Z")

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One small correction, if I may: if `submitOrder` is a literal (constant), it should be [surrounded by single quotes, not double ones](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.x/sql-lexical-structure.html#sql-syntax-single-vs-double-quotes): `SELECT * FROM "alpha-*" where "APILog.req.operationName"='submitOrder'`.

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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:** [November 21, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/sql-execution-for-filed-with-dot-notation/204889/5 "2019-11-21T08:38:44Z")

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