# \[Android\] Search: Irrelevant transactions appears for certain search term(s)

**URL:** <https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210>\
**Category:** Bug Reports\
**Created:** [30 June 2018 22:11 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210 "2018-06-30T22:11:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![anon77363772](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3da27b/32.png) [@anon77363772](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon77363772)\
**Post date:** [30 June 2018 22:11 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210/1 "2018-06-30T22:11:38Z")

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**Issue:**  
When searching for “EE” on the transactions / home screen, irrelevant transactions appear in the search results.

**Details to reproduce:**  
On the transactions screen, tap the search icon, and enter “EE”

**Expected Result**  
Transactions from EE appear as search results

**Actual Result**  
Irrelevant transactions appear in addition to transactions from EE.  
Among them are transactions from Tesco, the Co-op Food and pot transfers.

**OS:**  
Android v9.0

**Device:**  
Google Pixel 2 XL

**App Version:**  
v2.4.0 (Beta Channel), although I have observed this in previous releases.

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**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\
**Post date:** [30 June 2018 23:00 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210/2 "2018-06-30T23:00:36Z")

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Unfortunately this may not have an easy fix ☹

In order to get the best matches, the search string is compared against the raw description and enriched address data: this is probably why you see some irrelevant merchants as they may contain a double E. This is probably only a real problem for merchants with short names 👌

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**Author:** ![HitechCasio](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/hitechcasio/32/18054_2.png) [@HitechCasio](https://community.monzo.com/u/HitechCasio)\
**Post date:** [30 June 2018 23:39 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210/3 "2018-06-30T23:39:22Z")

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How about being able to use quotes around search terms to return specific results?

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**Author:** ![anon41219820](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e95f7d/32.png) [@anon41219820](https://community.monzo.com/u/anon41219820)\
**Post date:** [1 July 2018 08:13 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210/4 "2018-07-01T08:13:03Z")

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That would be an ideal solution, unfortunately it isn’t an easy fix 😬 However, I will take a look and see what might be possible!

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**Author:** ![PaulUK](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/monzo/user_avatar/community.monzo.com/pauluk/32/57221_2.png) [@PaulUK](https://community.monzo.com/u/PaulUK)\
**Post date:** [8 July 2021 05:43 UTC](https://community.monzo.com/t/android-search-irrelevant-transactions-appears-for-certain-search-term-s/41210/5 "2021-07-08T05:43:05Z")

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Three years on and anomalies still exist.

Searched this morning by clicking on my hash tag for train tickets, ie #train

Returns with transactions for when I bought trainers 🤦‍♂️

What is the point of hashtags, if the search doesn’t use the hashtag, just the letters? 🤷‍♂️