value

This block is part of the query group and was last modified in core v10.4.28.

Field Selection Required

This block relies on a field that you select to perform its data actions. You must manually select the field you want to use in your flow using the field selector modal. To access the modal, click the white button on the block.

Connection Type

This block connects from a query type block. Make sure to connect this block to the appropriate left-hand side connection.

Parent Requirements

This block requires specific parent elements: query_bool_must, query_bool_must_not, query_bool_filter, query_bool_should, query_first_defined. Ensure this block is placed within the appropriate parent context.

value query v10.4.28

checks if the given field starts with the given value.

In pins 2

value required
value
boost
number
The amount of score boosting would be applied whenever this matches.
Default 1

Out pins 1

query
query

Emits a term-level prefix clause: the value is matched verbatim (not analyzed) against the START of the whole field value, so "test" matches a stored "Test-1" but never "latest". Value-typed fields target the .keyword sub-field with case_insensitive:true; a binding already ending in .keyword is used as-is. An unwired or falsy value becomes "" and boost defaults to 1.

A typical wiring for value: the query out pin feeds filter.

Commonly used with

In production blueprints, this block is most often wired together with:

get fields: feeds into this block. Gets the selected fields from the given object.
filter: this block feeds into it. Build a custom query using higher-level bool query.

Used in these guides

These documentation pages use or explain this block:

Version history

Introduced in v10.4.28.

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