# Understaning terms syntax
**URL:** https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883
**Category:** Elasticsearch
**Created:** [November 21, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883 "2014-11-21T05:45:57Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@GX1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GX1)
#### Post date: [November 21, 2014, 5:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883/1 "2014-11-21T05:45:57Z")
Hi All
Im having the following scenario (elasticsearch 1.0):
the query
"query": {
"term": {
"ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
}
}
yields no results
but this works
"query": {
"query\_string" : {
"default\_field" : "ac",
"query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
}
}
the problem is when I combine it with a "must\_not" or "not" filter I still
get the same results
what is the correct syntax I need?
Thanks
GX
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### Author:  [@johtani](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/johtani)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 1:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883/2 "2014-12-06T13:53:00Z")
Hi GX,
“term" query does NOT analyzed your string.
See: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-term-query.html#query-dsl-term-query)
On the other hand, “query\_string” query analyze your string.
If you want to know the difference, you can use \_validate API.
See : [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-validate.html#search-validate)
Example commands are as follows:
GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
{
"query": {
"term": {
"ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
}
}
}
GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
{
"query": {
"query\_string" : {
"default\_field" : "ac",
"query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
}
}
}
I hope that those help you out.
* * *
Jun Ohtani
[johtani@gmail.com](mailto:johtani@gmail.com)
blog : [http://blog.johtani.info](http://blog.johtani.info)
twitter : [http://twitter.com/johtani](http://twitter.com/johtani)
> 2014/11/21 14:45、GX [mailme.gx@gmail.com](mailto:mailme.gx@gmail.com) のメール：
>
> Hi All
>
> Im having the following scenario (elasticsearch 1.0):
> the query
> "query": {
> "term": {
> "ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> }
> }
>
> yields no results
>
> but this works
>
> "query": {
> "query\_string" : {
> "default\_field" : "ac",
> "query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> }
> }
>
> the problem is when I combine it with a "must\_not" or "not" filter I still get the same results
>
> what is the correct syntax I need?
>
> Thanks
>
> GX
>
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### Author:  [@GX1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/GX1)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 3:18pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883/3 "2014-12-06T15:18:47Z")
Hi Jun,
thanks for the reply will look into this
GX
On Saturday, December 6, 2014 3:53:10 PM UTC+2, Jun Ohtani wrote:
> Hi GX,
>
> “term" query does NOT analyzed your string.
> See:
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-term-query.html#query-dsl-term-query)
>
> On the other hand, “query\_string” query analyze your string.
>
> If you want to know the difference, you can use \_validate API.
> See :
> [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/search-validate.html#search-validate)
>
> Example commands are as follows:
>
> GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
> {
> "query": {
> "term": {
> "ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> }
> }
> }
>
> GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
> {
> "query": {
> "query\_string" : {
> "default\_field" : "ac",
> "query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> }
> }
> }
>
> I hope that those help you out.
>
> * * *
>
> Jun Ohtani
> [joh...@gmail.com](mailto:joh...@gmail.com) \
> blog : [http://blog.johtani.info](http://blog.johtani.info)
> twitter : [http://twitter.com/johtani](http://twitter.com/johtani)
>
> > 2014/11/21 14:45、GX \<[mail...@gmail.com](mailto:mail...@gmail.com) \\> のメール：
> >
> > Hi All
> >
> > Im having the following scenario (elasticsearch 1.0):
> > the query
> > "query": {
> > "term": {
> > "ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > }
> > }
> >
> > yields no results
> >
> > but this works
> >
> > "query": {
> > "query\_string" : {
> > "default\_field" : "ac",
> > "query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > }
> > }
> >
> > the problem is when I combine it with a "must\_not" or "not" filter I
> > still get the same results
> >
> > what is the correct syntax I need?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > GX
> >
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### Author:  [@nik9000](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nik9000)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2014, 3:26pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883/4 "2014-12-06T15:26:19Z")
Also, its usually better to use a "match" query if you want to analyze the
query rather than "query\_string". Query string exposes a huge array of
syntax which is both useful and terribly dangerous. Users can write
regexes and huge range queries and fuzzy queries that use much much more
cpu and ram than the term and phrase queries you expect them to write.
Nik
On Sat, Dec 6, 2014 at 10:18 AM, GX [mailme.gx@gmail.com](mailto:mailme.gx@gmail.com) wrote:
> Hi Jun,
>
> thanks for the reply will look into this
>
> GX
>
> On Saturday, December 6, 2014 3:53:10 PM UTC+2, Jun Ohtani wrote:
>
> > Hi GX,
> >
> > “term" query does NOT analyzed your string.
> > See: [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/)
> > reference/current/query-dsl-term-query.html#query-dsl-term-query
> >
> > On the other hand, “query\_string” query analyze your string.
> >
> > If you want to know the difference, you can use \_validate API.
> > See : [Elasticsearch Platform — Find real-time answers at scale | Elastic](http://www.elasticsearch.org/guide/en/elasticsearch/)
> > reference/current/search-validate.html#search-validate
> >
> > Example commands are as follows:
> >
> > GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
> > {
> > "query": {
> > "term": {
> > "ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > GET hoge/fuga/\_validate/query?explain
> > {
> > "query": {
> > "query\_string" : {
> > "default\_field" : "ac",
> > "query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > }
> > }
> > }
> >
> > I hope that those help you out.
> >
> > * * *
> >
> > Jun Ohtani
> > [joh...@gmail.com](mailto:joh...@gmail.com)
> > blog : [http://blog.johtani.info](http://blog.johtani.info)
> > twitter : [http://twitter.com/johtani](http://twitter.com/johtani)
> >
> > > 2014/11/21 14:45、GX [mail...@gmail.com](mailto:mail...@gmail.com) のメール：
> > >
> > > Hi All
> > >
> > > Im having the following scenario (elasticsearch 1.0):
> > > the query
> > > "query": {
> > > "term": {
> > > "ac": "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > yields no results
> > >
> > > but this works
> > >
> > > "query": {
> > > "query\_string" : {
> > > "default\_field" : "ac",
> > > "query" : "3A822F3B-3ECF-4463-98F86DF6DE28EC5C"
> > > }
> > > }
> > >
> > > the problem is when I combine it with a "must\_not" or "not" filter I
> > > still get the same results
> > >
> > > what is the correct syntax I need?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > GX
> > >
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### Author:  [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)
#### Post date: [July 6, 2017, 12:45am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/understaning-terms-syntax/20883/5 "2017-07-06T00:45:18Z")