# Template wildcard data type, normalizer/analyzer for case insensitive search

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/template-wildcard-data-type-normalizer-analyzer-for-case-insensitive-search/245743>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [August 20, 2020, 10:23am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/template-wildcard-data-type-normalizer-analyzer-for-case-insensitive-search/245743 "2020-08-20T10:23:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![TheWorkingDeveloper](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/theworkingdeveloper/32/90834_2.png) [@TheWorkingDeveloper](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/TheWorkingDeveloper)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2020, 10:36am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/template-wildcard-data-type-normalizer-analyzer-for-case-insensitive-search/245743/2 "2020-08-20T10:36:07Z")

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Question answered here:

> [@Wildcard datatype lowercase](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-datatype-lowercase/245726):
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> I am looking at the [Wildcard datatype introduced in 7.9](https://www.elastic.co/guide/en/elasticsearch/reference/7.9/wildcard.html). I would like to normalize it first by lowercasing and removing whitespace. I can't work out the syntax. "normalizer" and "analyzer" don't seem to be supported.

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