# Term contains a dot (.), nothing is returned **URL:** \ **Category:** Elasticsearch\ **Tags:** elastic-stack-sql\ **Created:** [February 14, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-contains-a-dot-nothing-is-returned/325508 "2023-02-14T19:07:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 10
**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:** [February 15, 2023, 5:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-contains-a-dot-nothing-is-returned/325508/10 "2023-02-15T17:28:45Z")
Have a look at the tokens. I think you have indexed `John Wick`. At index time (`autocomplete`), you indexed: `joh`, `john`, `wic`, `wick`. At search time (`autocomplete_search`), you are searching for: - For `John.Wick`: `john.wick` - For `John Wick`: `john`, `wick` That's the reason it does not match for `John.Wick`. You need to change your analyzer so it will produce the right tokens when searching with a name which has a dot. I have no idea of what your `"tokenizer" : "autocomplete"` is. But I think you should look at it and may be use something similar instead of `"tokenizer" : "standard"`. Note that autocomplete suggests that you want to search for sub terms... Here you have the full terms... Why about combining multiple searches using a `bool` / `should` array of `match` queries? If you can't make it work, please provide a full recreation script as described in [About the Elasticsearch category](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/about-the-elasticsearch-category/21). It will help to better understand what you are doing. Please, try to keep the example as simple as possible. A full reproduction script is something anyone can **copy and paste in Kibana dev console** , click on the run button to reproduce your use case. It will help readers to understand, reproduce and if needed fix your problem. It will also most likely help to get a faster answer. --- _[View the full topic](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/term-contains-a-dot-nothing-is-returned/325508)._