[[tutorial-discovering]]
=== Discover your data

Using the Discover application, you can enter
an {ref}/query-dsl-query-string-query.html#query-string-syntax[Elasticsearch
query] to search your data and filter the results.

. Open *Discover*.
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The current index pattern appears below the filter bar, in this case `shakes*`.
You might need to click *New* in the menu bar to refresh the data.

. Click the caret to the right of the current index pattern, and select `ba*`.
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By default, all fields are shown for each matching document. 

. In the search field, enter the following string:
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[source,text]
account_number<100 AND balance>47500
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The search returns all account numbers between zero and 99 with balances in
excess of 47,500. Results appear for account numbers 8, 32, 78, 85, and 97.
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image::images/tutorial-discover-2.png[]
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. To choose which
fields to display, hover the pointer over the list of *Available fields*
and then click *add* next to each field you want include as a column in the table.
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For example, if you add the `account_number` field, the display changes to a list of five
account numbers.
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image::images/tutorial-discover-3.png[]