# \[IGN-16348\] Event Stream Tag Event Wildcards - Doesn't work with Remote Tag Provider?

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16348-event-stream-tag-event-wildcards-doesnt-work-with-remote-tag-provider/115703>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [May 26, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16348-event-stream-tag-event-wildcards-doesnt-work-with-remote-tag-provider/115703 "2026-05-26T06:45:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![michael.stonier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7c8e57/32.png) [@michael.stonier](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/michael.stonier)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 6:45am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16348-event-stream-tag-event-wildcards-doesnt-work-with-remote-tag-provider/115703/1 "2026-05-26T06:45:06Z")

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Do wildcards not work in Event Streams Tag Event paths for remote tag providers? Individual tags work OK, multiple fully expanded tags work OK, but introducing a wildcard ends up not firing on any that did work with the full path. Trying to use wildcards as I'll likely end up with a couple hundred matches that I don't want to have to manually maintain when a change is made at a remote site.

Replicating the same data using MQTT Transmission and then pulling it via MQTT Engine, the same Event Stream _is_ happy to accept the equivalent single \* or double \*\* pattern, just using the [MQTT Engine] provider. So that kind of leads me to thinking it's a remote tag provider problem.

I can't see anything described in the docs to differentiate behaviour on provider type. And can confirm both gateways are running the current 8.3.6 [Wildcards in Tag Paths | Ignition User Manual](https://www.docs.inductiveautomation.com/docs/8.3/ignition-modules/event-streams/types-of-sources/wildcards-in-tag-paths)

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**Author:** ![pturmel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/pturmel/32/3295_2.png) [@pturmel](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/pturmel)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 11:44am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16348-event-stream-tag-event-wildcards-doesnt-work-with-remote-tag-provider/115703/2 "2026-05-26T11:44:00Z")

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Probably worth making a bug report.

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**Author:** ![Marcus\_Sysum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/inductiveautomation/user_avatar/forum.inductiveautomation.com/marcus_sysum/32/57944_2.png) [@Marcus\_Sysum](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Marcus_Sysum)\
**Post date:** [May 26, 2026, 3:54pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ign-16348-event-stream-tag-event-wildcards-doesnt-work-with-remote-tag-provider/115703/3 "2026-05-26T15:54:14Z")

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Thanks for finding this there looks to be an issue isolated to remote tag providers.