# Gateway Tag Change Event Wildcards

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [April 24, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194 "2020-04-24T13:47:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![twstevic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@twstevic](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/twstevic)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 1:47pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/1 "2020-04-24T13:47:39Z")

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I am running Ignition 8.0.10  
When defining Gateway Tag Change Events and adding the tag paths, I can not get the wildcards to work. For example,  
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default]SCADA\_ALARM\_CP01\_0\_02  
[default]SCADA\_ALARM\_CP01\_0\_03

Works, but

[default]SCADA\_ALARM\_CP01\_0\_\*

does not work.

Might there be some additional magic I am not aware of?

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**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/2 "2020-05-23T15:52:32Z")

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I would like to know this as well. I’m trying this from the Client Event level and wildcards don’t work (not sure if they were meant to in client events).

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**Author:** ![Kevin.Herron](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/kevin.herron/32/7259_2.png) [@Kevin.Herron](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Kevin.Herron)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/3 "2020-05-23T15:54:16Z")

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Wildcards only work at the folder level, which is OPs problem.

I’m not sure if they work in the client. What path are you trying to use?

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**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/4 "2020-05-24T14:04:41Z")

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In the Client Events - Tag Change, I tried using something like - [default]Area/Site\* - and it doesn’t work, even if there are tags directly under it. So maybe it doesn’t work in Client Events. Also, are these recursive where they get the tags under subfolders?

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**Author:** ![nminchin](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/nminchin/32/6911_2.png) [@nminchin](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/nminchin)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 12:50am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/5 "2020-05-25T00:50:14Z")

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What if you try `[default]Area/Site/*`?

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**Author:** ![rpavlicek](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/rpavlicek/32/55868_2.png) [@rpavlicek](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/rpavlicek)\
**Post date:** [May 25, 2020, 1:03am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/gateway-tag-change-event-wildcards/34194/6 "2020-05-25T01:03:46Z")

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That didn’t work either. (\*we are on version 8.0.11).