# Can only use wildcard queries on keyword, text and wildcard fields

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-only-use-wildcard-queries-on-keyword-text-and-wildcard-fields/312591>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-only-use-wildcard-queries-on-keyword-text-and-wildcard-fields/312591 "2022-08-22T09:36:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![shrikantgulia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@shrikantgulia](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/shrikantgulia)\
**Post date:** [August 22, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-only-use-wildcard-queries-on-keyword-text-and-wildcard-fields/312591/1 "2022-08-22T09:36:07Z")

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Hi,

I have defined mappings for my index when i am doing wildcard search _ipaddress_  
i am getting an error

```auto
Can only use wildcard queries on keyword, text and wildcard fields - not on [scan_iteration] which is of type [integer]

```

since the values in scan\_iteration are integer so can not change the data type for the field.

Regards

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [September 19, 2022, 9:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/can-only-use-wildcard-queries-on-keyword-text-and-wildcard-fields/312591/2 "2022-09-19T09:36:45Z")

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