# Query with multimatch and wildcard

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-multimatch-and-wildcard/189962>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [July 11, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-multimatch-and-wildcard/189962 "2019-07-11T09:52:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![tiago](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@tiago](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/tiago)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-multimatch-and-wildcard/189962/1 "2019-07-11T09:52:13Z")

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I'm trying to execute a query on multi fields but also using a wildcard in the MobileNumber, basically, if a mobile number is for example 3530831112233 if I search by 831122 I want to return this record. This is what I have done so far.

```auto
var response = await this.client.SearchAsync<ElasticCustomer>(searchDescriptor => searchDescriptor
          .AllTypes()
            .Query(q => q
                     .MultiMatch(m => m
                            .Fields(f => f
                                .Field(u => u.CustomerName)
                                .Field(u => u.MobileNumber))
                          .Query(query)))
          .Size(pageSize)
          .Sort(q => q.Descending(u => u.CustomerLastUpdated)));

```

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**Author:** ![mayya](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/mayya/32/83147_2.png) [@mayya](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/mayya)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-multimatch-and-wildcard/189962/2 "2019-07-19T14:45:56Z")

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`multimatch` query requires `match` queries as its internal queries. And a `match` query doesn't support wildcards. Depending how you want to combine scores from multiple fields, you may use [dis\_max query](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/current/query-dsl-dis-max-query.html), that can accept wildcard queries as well.

```auto
{
    "query": {
       "dis_max" : {
            "queries" : [
            	{"wildcard" : { "customername" : {"value" : "*831112*"}}},
                {"wildcard" : { "mobilenumber" : {"value" : "*831112*"}}}
            ],
            "tie_breaker" : 0.7
        } 
    }
}

```

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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:** [August 16, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/query-with-multimatch-and-wildcard/189962/3 "2019-08-16T14:45:59Z")

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