# Use multi match query in Kibana **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [May 1, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multi-match-query-in-kibana/48897 "2016-05-01T22:40:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![swturner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecc23a/32.png) [@swturner](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/swturner)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2016, 10:40pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multi-match-query-in-kibana/48897/1 "2016-05-01T22:40:55Z")
I have a query that needs to match against multiple different fields for a visualization. The only way I can see to do that in Kibana is by explicitly writing out the Lucene syntax with a set of coupled "OR" searches. Is there any way to access the ES "multi match query" functionality within Kibana? ---
**Author:** ![Bargs](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/bargs/32/5429_2.png) [@Bargs](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Bargs)\ **Post date:** [May 2, 2016, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multi-match-query-in-kibana/48897/2 "2016-05-02T17:38:44Z")
The Kibana search bar [supports the full Elasticsearch query dsl](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/kibana/current/discover.html#search). It's not pretty squeezing the JSON into a single line text box, but it should work. ---
**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, 1:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/use-multi-match-query-in-kibana/48897/3 "2017-07-06T13:54:35Z")