# Using multi\_match in kibana filters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [May 25, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152 "2020-05-25T12:49:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Anna\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anna_r/32/45312_2.png) [@Anna\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anna_R)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152/1 "2020-05-25T12:49:45Z")

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Hello,

I have the following search query that I can run from my kibana dev tools (ver 7.6.2):

```auto
GET _search
{
  "query": {
        "multi_match": {
          "query": "my-product-name",
          "fields": [
            "a.productName",
            "a.b.productName"
          ]
  }
}

```

I wanted to use the query section as query DSL inside my filter of the dashboard, but for some reason it is not filtering anything.

What am I missing? Is the format of the query in the filters not the same?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![myasonik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/myasonik/32/62369_2.png) [@myasonik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/myasonik)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152/2 "2020-05-26T21:58:58Z")

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Hi @Anna_R!

What do your filters in Dashboard look like?

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**Author:** ![Anna\_R](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/anna_r/32/45312_2.png) [@Anna\_R](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Anna_R)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 6:17am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152/3 "2020-05-27T06:17:15Z")

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Like this:

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/4/7470384425aef61d6ab704041793ef3de7e40856.png)

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**Author:** ![myasonik](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/myasonik/32/62369_2.png) [@myasonik](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/myasonik)\
**Post date:** [May 27, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152/4 "2020-05-27T17:21:40Z")

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🤔

Does it work if you recreate this using the filter values GUI? (Will have to create two filters, one for each field.)

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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:** [June 24, 2020, 5:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/using-multi-match-in-kibana-filters/234152/5 "2020-06-24T17:21:46Z")

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