# Searching by role in user metadata is returning incomplete results

**URL:** <https://community.auth0.com/t/searching-by-role-in-user-metadata-is-returning-incomplete-results/119414>\
**Category:** Get Help\
**Tags:** management-api, roles\
**Created:** [October 26, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/searching-by-role-in-user-metadata-is-returning-incomplete-results/119414 "2023-10-26T03:27:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![dan.valle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/User_font_awesome.svg/768px-User_font_awesome.svg.png) [@dan.valle](https://community.auth0.com/u/dan.valle)\
**Post date:** [October 26, 2023, 3:27am UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/searching-by-role-in-user-metadata-is-returning-incomplete-results/119414/1 "2023-10-26T03:27:40Z")

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When I request users using the query `user_metadata.userRoles="Admin" ` I get incomplete results, because the application always searches for upper case first, cannot even get correct results if I do user\_metadata.userRoles=“Admin” or user\_metadata.userRoles=“admin”

Please help

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**Author:** ![dawid.matuszczyk](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/user_avatar/community.auth0.com/dawid.matuszczyk/32/74550_2.png) [@dawid.matuszczyk](https://community.auth0.com/u/dawid.matuszczyk)\
**Post date:** [October 31, 2023, 8:50pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/searching-by-role-in-user-metadata-is-returning-incomplete-results/119414/2 "2023-10-31T20:50:47Z")

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Hi @dan.valle

Welcome to the Auth0 Community!

All `user_metadata` fields are case sensitive, so if you are signing users with Admin or admin that can lead to incomplete results.

You can read more about User Search Query [here](https://auth0.com/docs/manage-users/user-search/user-search-query-syntax)

Thanks  
Dawid

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/auth0/original/3X/b/5/b560f266932fcce5d57f09a6595bd50518cae3f3.jpeg) [@system](https://community.auth0.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2023, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.auth0.com/t/searching-by-role-in-user-metadata-is-returning-incomplete-results/119414/3 "2023-11-14T20:51:07Z")

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