diff --git a/cli/config.go b/cli/config.go
index f61aec83..14b9b88e 100644
--- a/cli/config.go
+++ b/cli/config.go
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ type Config struct {
 
 	// Client
 	Client client.Config `mapstructure:"client"`
+
+	// Column search excluded keyword list
+	ColSearchExclusionKeywords string `yaml:"col_search_excluded_keywords" mapstructure:"col_search_excluded_keywords"`
 }
 
 func LoadConfig() (*Config, error) {
diff --git a/cli/server.go b/cli/server.go
index c17b5b14..14573103 100644
--- a/cli/server.go
+++ b/cli/server.go
@@ -3,8 +3,6 @@ package cli
 import (
 	"context"
 	"fmt"
-	"os"
-
 	"github.com/MakeNowJust/heredoc"
 	"github.com/goto/compass/core/asset"
 	"github.com/goto/compass/core/discussion"
@@ -19,6 +17,8 @@ import (
 	"github.com/goto/compass/pkg/telemetry"
 	"github.com/goto/salt/log"
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
+	"os"
+	"strings"
 )
 
 // Version of the current build. overridden by the build system.
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ func runServer(ctx context.Context, cfg *Config) error {
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create new asset repository: %w", err)
 	}
-	discoveryRepository := esStore.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, logger)
+	discoveryRepository := esStore.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, logger, strings.Split(cfg.ColSearchExclusionKeywords, ","))
 	lineageRepository, err := postgres.NewLineageRepository(pgClient)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("create new lineage repository: %w", err)
diff --git a/core/asset/discovery.go b/core/asset/discovery.go
index ba2fd2c0..e60abf13 100644
--- a/core/asset/discovery.go
+++ b/core/asset/discovery.go
@@ -43,6 +43,8 @@ type SearchFlags struct {
 
 	// DisableFuzzy disables fuzziness on search
 	DisableFuzzy bool
+
+	IsColumnSearch bool
 }
 
 // SearchConfig represents a search query along
diff --git a/internal/server/v1beta1/search.go b/internal/server/v1beta1/search.go
index 35b672b8..4717b502 100644
--- a/internal/server/v1beta1/search.go
+++ b/internal/server/v1beta1/search.go
@@ -140,5 +140,6 @@ func getSearchFlagsFromFlags(inputFlags *compassv1beta1.SearchFlags) asset.Searc
 	return asset.SearchFlags{
 		EnableHighlight: inputFlags.GetEnableHighlight(),
 		DisableFuzzy:    inputFlags.GetDisableFuzzy(),
+		IsColumnSearch:  inputFlags.GetIsColumnSearch(),
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository.go b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository.go
index 2c66dfc4..1ab274ba 100644
--- a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository.go
+++ b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository.go
@@ -18,14 +18,16 @@ import (
 // DiscoveryRepository implements discovery.Repository
 // with elasticsearch as the backing store.
 type DiscoveryRepository struct {
-	cli    *Client
-	logger log.Logger
+	cli                       *Client
+	logger                    log.Logger
+	ColumnSearchExclusionList []string
 }
 
-func NewDiscoveryRepository(cli *Client, logger log.Logger) *DiscoveryRepository {
+func NewDiscoveryRepository(cli *Client, logger log.Logger, colSearchExclusionList []string) *DiscoveryRepository {
 	return &DiscoveryRepository{
-		cli:    cli,
-		logger: logger,
+		cli:                       cli,
+		logger:                    logger,
+		ColumnSearchExclusionList: colSearchExclusionList,
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository_test.go b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository_test.go
index 43fd81e8..e2680872 100644
--- a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_repository_test.go
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryUpsert(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, asset.Asset{
 			ID:      "",
 			Type:    asset.TypeTable,
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryUpsert(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, asset.Asset{
 			ID:      "sample-id",
 			Type:    asset.Type("unknown-type"),
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryUpsert(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		// upsert with create_time as a object
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, asset.Asset{
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryUpsert(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, ast)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
 
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryUpsert(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, existingAsset)
 		assert.NoError(t, err)
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryDeleteByID(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		err = repo.DeleteByID(ctx, "")
 		assert.ErrorIs(t, err, asset.ErrEmptyID)
 	})
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryDeleteByID(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, ast)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryDeleteByID(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, ast1)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
@@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryDeleteByURN(t *testing.T) {
 	)
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+	repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 	t.Run("should return error if the given urn is empty", func(t *testing.T) {
 		err = repo.DeleteByURN(ctx, "")
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@ func TestDiscoveryRepositoryDeleteByURN(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		err = repo.Upsert(ctx, ast1)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
diff --git a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository.go b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository.go
index 28fc6649..092f09b9 100644
--- a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository.go
+++ b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository.go
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) Search(ctx context.Context, cfg asset.SearchCon
 		})
 	}(time.Now())
 
-	query, err := buildQuery(cfg)
+	query, err := repo.buildQuery(cfg)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, asset.DiscoveryError{Op: "Search", Err: fmt.Errorf("build query: %w", err)}
 	}
@@ -195,17 +195,93 @@ func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) Suggest(ctx context.Context, config asset.Searc
 	return results, nil
 }
 
-func buildQuery(cfg asset.SearchConfig) (io.Reader, error) {
+func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) buildColumnQuery(query *elastic.BoolQuery, cfg asset.SearchConfig, field string) *elastic.Highlight {
+	matchString := cfg.Text
+	for _, exclusionStr := range repo.ColumnSearchExclusionList {
+		exclusionStr = strings.TrimSpace(exclusionStr)
+		if strings.Contains(matchString, exclusionStr) {
+			matchString = strings.ReplaceAll(matchString, fmt.Sprintf("_%s", exclusionStr), "")
+			matchString = strings.ReplaceAll(matchString, fmt.Sprintf(" %s", exclusionStr), "")
+			matchString = strings.ReplaceAll(matchString, fmt.Sprintf("-%s", exclusionStr), "")
+		}
+	}
+
+	if matchString == "" {
+		matchString = cfg.Text
+	}
+
+	queries := make([]elastic.Query, 0)
+	termQuery := elastic.NewTermQuery(
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.keyword", field),
+		cfg.Text,
+	).Boost(20)
+
+	descriptionTermQuery := elastic.NewTermQuery(
+		fmt.Sprintf("%s.keyword", "data.columns.description"),
+		cfg.Text,
+	)
+	phraseQuery := elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(
+		cfg.Text,
+		[]string{"data.columns.name^10",
+			"data.columns.description"}...,
+	).Type("phrase")
+
+	matchQuery := elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(
+		matchString,
+		[]string{"data.columns.name^5",
+			"data.columns.description"}...,
+	)
+
+	andMatchQuery := elastic.NewMultiMatchQuery(
+		matchString,
+		[]string{"data.columns.name^5",
+			"data.columns.description"}...,
+	).Operator("and")
+
+	queries = append(queries, termQuery, descriptionTermQuery, phraseQuery, matchQuery, andMatchQuery)
+	query.Should(queries...)
+
+	if cfg.Flags.EnableHighlight {
+		return elastic.NewHighlight().
+			Order("score").
+			Field("data.columns.name").
+			Field("data.columns.description").
+			HighlightQuery(
+				elastic.NewBoolQuery().
+					Should(queries...),
+			)
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) buildQuery(cfg asset.SearchConfig) (io.Reader, error) {
 	boolQuery := elastic.NewBoolQuery()
-	buildTextQuery(boolQuery, cfg)
+	var highlightQuery *elastic.Highlight
+	field := ""
+
+	// if the search text is empty, do a match all query and return results
+	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.Text) == "" {
+		boolQuery.Should(elastic.NewMatchAllQuery())
+		highlightQuery = buildHighlightQuery(cfg)
+	} else {
+		if cfg.Flags.IsColumnSearch {
+			field = "data.columns.name"
+			highlightQuery = repo.buildColumnQuery(boolQuery, cfg, field)
+		} else {
+			field = "name"
+			repo.buildTextQuery(boolQuery, cfg)
+			highlightQuery = buildHighlightQuery(cfg)
+		}
+	}
+
 	buildFilterTermQueries(boolQuery, cfg.Filters)
 	buildMustMatchQueries(boolQuery, cfg)
-	query := buildFunctionScoreQuery(boolQuery, cfg.RankBy, cfg.Text)
-	highlight := buildHighlightQuery(cfg)
+	query := repo.buildFunctionScoreQuery(boolQuery, cfg.RankBy, cfg.Text, field)
 
 	body, err := elastic.NewSearchRequest().
 		Query(query).
-		Highlight(highlight).
+		Highlight(highlightQuery).
 		MinScore(defaultMinScore).
 		Body()
 	if err != nil {
@@ -237,11 +313,7 @@ func buildSuggestQuery(cfg asset.SearchConfig) (io.Reader, error) {
 	return payload, err
 }
 
-func buildTextQuery(q *elastic.BoolQuery, cfg asset.SearchConfig) {
-	if strings.TrimSpace(cfg.Text) == "" {
-		q.Should(elastic.NewMatchAllQuery())
-	}
-
+func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) buildTextQuery(q *elastic.BoolQuery, cfg asset.SearchConfig) {
 	boostedFields := []string{"urn^10", "name^5"}
 	q.Should(
 		// Phrase query cannot have `FUZZINESS`
@@ -312,12 +384,12 @@ func buildFilterExistsQueries(q *elastic.BoolQuery, fields []string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func buildFunctionScoreQuery(query elastic.Query, rankBy, text string) elastic.Query {
+func (repo *DiscoveryRepository) buildFunctionScoreQuery(query elastic.Query, rankBy, text string, field string) elastic.Query {
 	// Added exact match term query here so that exact match gets higher priority.
 	fsQuery := elastic.NewFunctionScoreQuery()
 	if text != "" {
 		fsQuery.Add(
-			elastic.NewTermQuery("name.keyword", text),
+			elastic.NewTermQuery(fmt.Sprintf("%s.keyword", field), text),
 			elastic.NewWeightFactorFunction(2),
 		)
 	}
diff --git a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository_test.go b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository_test.go
index fd05b7cf..b69a8ef4 100644
--- a/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository_test.go
+++ b/internal/store/elasticsearch/discovery_search_repository_test.go
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ func TestSearcherSearch(t *testing.T) {
 		err = loadTestFixture(cli, esClient, "./testdata/search-test-fixture.json")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		type expectedRow struct {
 			Type    string
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ func TestSearcherSuggest(t *testing.T) {
 	err = loadTestFixture(cli, esClient, "./testdata/suggest-test-fixture.json")
 	require.NoError(t, err)
 
-	repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+	repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 	t.Run("fixtures", func(t *testing.T) {
 		testCases := []struct {
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ func loadTestFixture(cli *elasticsearch.Client, esClient *store.Client, filePath
 
 	ctx := context.TODO()
 	for _, testdata := range data {
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		for _, ast := range testdata.Assets {
 			if err := repo.Upsert(ctx, ast); err != nil {
 				return err
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ func TestGroupAssets(t *testing.T) {
 		)
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 		_, err = repo.GroupAssets(ctx, asset.GroupConfig{
 			GroupBy: []string{""},
 		})
@@ -473,7 +473,7 @@ func TestGroupAssets(t *testing.T) {
 		err = loadTestFixture(cli, esClient, "./testdata/search-test-fixture.json")
 		require.NoError(t, err)
 
-		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop())
+		repo := store.NewDiscoveryRepository(esClient, log.NewNoop(), []string{"number", "id"})
 
 		type groupTest struct {
 			Description string
diff --git a/internal/store/elasticsearch/schema.go b/internal/store/elasticsearch/schema.go
index 18b7d398..ccb3ea7f 100644
--- a/internal/store/elasticsearch/schema.go
+++ b/internal/store/elasticsearch/schema.go
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@ var indexSettingsTemplate = `{
 		%q: {}
 	},
 	"settings": {
+		"similarity": {
+			"my_bm25_without_length_normalization": {
+				"type": "BM25",
+				"b": "0"
+			}
+		},
 		"index.mapping.ignore_malformed": true,
 		"analysis": {
 			"analyzer": {