# Why do get results for some strings within a field, but not others? **URL:** \ **Category:** Kibana\ **Created:** [January 26, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-get-results-for-some-strings-within-a-field-but-not-others/324011 "2023-01-26T10:59:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![eeijlar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/96bed5/32.png) [@eeijlar](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/eeijlar)\ **Post date:** [January 26, 2023, 10:59am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-get-results-for-some-strings-within-a-field-but-not-others/324011/1 "2023-01-26T10:59:31Z")
I can search for **ERROR** within the **message** field, but if I try **transactionId** , I get no hits.. ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/5/b/5b3d798ff59cedb57afe2eee50466052aaf8ad29.png) ---
**Author:** ![carly.richmond](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/carly.richmond/32/104935_2.png) [@carly.richmond](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/carly.richmond)\ **Post date:** [January 27, 2023, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-get-results-for-some-strings-within-a-field-but-not-others/324011/2 "2023-01-27T16:53:11Z")
Hi John, Your screenshot seems to have cut off the full error message and is difficult to read. Are you able to share the error message as a `code snippet` or text instead of an image? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2023, 4:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-do-get-results-for-some-strings-within-a-field-but-not-others/324011/3 "2023-02-24T16:54:08Z")
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