# Tag Search & Wild Cards

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-search-wild-cards/3220>\
**Category:** Ignition\
**Created:** [August 25, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-search-wild-cards/3220 "2011-08-25T14:52:32Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Jayce](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@Jayce](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Jayce)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-search-wild-cards/3220/1 "2011-08-25T14:52:32Z")

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Does the Tag Search feature support wild card characters?

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**Author:** ![Travis.Cox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Travis.Cox](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/u/Travis.Cox)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2011, 3:24pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/tag-search-wild-cards/3220/2 "2011-08-25T15:24:05Z")

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No it doesn’t support wild cards. The search is an implied LIKE ‘%searchtext%’.