# Value to key search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-to-key-search/4738>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [June 30, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-to-key-search/4738 "2011-06-30T06:15:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![nachiket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@nachiket](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/nachiket)\
**Post date:** [June 30, 2011, 6:15am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-to-key-search/4738/1 "2011-06-30T06:15:24Z")

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Hey. Is there any way to search field names from field value?

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**Author:** ![Karussell1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/50afbb/32.png) [@Karussell1](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Karussell1)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2011, 8:28pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-to-key-search/4738/2 "2011-07-01T20:28:42Z")

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I don't think so. If you need it - Why not indexing the field names  
along with the values?

On Jun 30, 8:15 am, nachiket bhagwat [nachiketbhag...@gmail.com](mailto:nachiketbhag...@gmail.com)  
wrote:

> Hey. Is there any way to search field names from field value?

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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, 4:02am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/value-to-key-search/4738/3 "2017-07-06T04:02:05Z")

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