# Timelion - wildcard in metric parameters

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-in-metric-parameters/163933>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 11, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-in-metric-parameters/163933 "2019-01-11T16:49:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![Woj\_b](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/35a633/32.png) [@Woj\_b](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Woj_b)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-in-metric-parameters/163933/1 "2019-01-11T16:49:53Z")

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I have a set of distinct properties, which represent latencies for various steps of an event we persist, e.g. service1-call-duration, persistence-duration, etc..

Is it possible to use wildcards in the metrics parameter of a query, something like:  
.es(metric='avg:\*-duration') ?

Are there any other options of doing this other than persisting each of the durations in a new entry?

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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:** [February 8, 2019, 4:49pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-in-metric-parameters/163933/2 "2019-02-08T16:49:54Z")

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