# Is it possible to disable alias wildcarding for specific index?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-alias-wildcarding-for-specific-index/199638>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [September 16, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-alias-wildcarding-for-specific-index/199638 "2019-09-16T10:58:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![Illidan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/illidan/32/54264_2.png) [@Illidan](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Illidan)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2019, 10:58am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-alias-wildcarding-for-specific-index/199638/1 "2019-09-16T10:58:46Z")

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Our multitenancy model based on index aliases (e.g. one index for all, alias per tenant).

We noticed that using \* as alias retrieves data from whole index (e.g. effectively ignoring tenant boundaries).

Is it possible, in one centralized place, somehow to disable using wildcard as alias name?

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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:** [October 14, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-it-possible-to-disable-alias-wildcarding-for-specific-index/199638/2 "2019-10-14T11:00:41Z")

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Closed on October 14, 2019, 11:00am UTC

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