# Unable to search on fields even if they are indexed

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-on-fields-even-if-they-are-indexed/3312>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 7, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-on-fields-even-if-they-are-indexed/3312 "2010-09-07T23:39:29Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Diptamay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/diptamay/32/2805_2.png) [@Diptamay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Diptamay)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2010, 11:39pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-on-fields-even-if-they-are-indexed/3312/1 "2010-09-07T23:39:29Z")

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Hi

I am trying to search against a few complex documents from our actual  
data.

A sample document is at [http://gist.github.com/569323](http://gist.github.com/569323)  
The metadata mapping is [http://gist.github.com/569324](http://gist.github.com/569324)

E.g. Search scenarios which fail:  
a) [http://gist.github.com/569330](http://gist.github.com/569330)  
b) [http://gist.github.com/569331](http://gist.github.com/569331)

In the above scenarios,  
a) if I remove in [http://gist.github.com/569330](http://gist.github.com/569330)  
"field" : {  
"fields.headline" : "Comical"  
}  
b) if I remove in [http://gist.github.com/569331](http://gist.github.com/569331)  
"field" : {  
"fields.media-urls.fields.cdn" :  
"AKAMAI\_FLASH\_STREAM\_ONDEMAND"  
}  
then the searches work.

Am I not constructing the searches properly or is there something else  
wrong?

Thanks  
Diptamay

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**Author:** ![Diptamay](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/diptamay/32/2805_2.png) [@Diptamay](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Diptamay)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2010, 2:16am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-on-fields-even-if-they-are-indexed/3312/2 "2010-09-08T02:16:18Z")

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Don't worry about it. I believe there was a problem in my indexing.

Sorry for the inconvenience.

Thanks  
Diptamay

On Sep 7, 7:39 pm, diptamay [dipta...@gmail.com](mailto:dipta...@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hi
> 
> I am trying to search against a few complex documents from our actual  
> data.
> 
> A sample document is athttp://gist.github.com/569323  
> The metadata mapping ishttp://gist.github.com/569324
> 
> E.g. Search scenarios which fail:  
> a)[http://gist.github.com/569330](http://gist.github.com/569330)  
> b)[http://gist.github.com/569331](http://gist.github.com/569331)
> 
> In the above scenarios,  
> a) if I remove inhttp://gist.github.com/569330  
> "field" : {  
> "fields.headline" : "Comical"  
> }  
> b) if I remove inhttp://gist.github.com/569331  
> "field" : {  
> "fields.media-urls.fields.cdn" :  
> "AKAMAI\_FLASH\_STREAM\_ONDEMAND"  
> }  
> then the searches work.
> 
> Am I not constructing the searches properly or is there something else  
> wrong?
> 
> Thanks  
> Diptamay

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/unable-to-search-on-fields-even-if-they-are-indexed/3312/3 "2017-07-06T04:19:36Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 4:19am UTC