# Timelion wildcard query

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Tags:** timelion\
**Created:** [December 7, 2017, 2:53pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694 "2017-12-07T14:53:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kumpelblase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumpelblase/32/35709_2.png) [@kumpelblase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumpelblase)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 2:54pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/1 "2017-12-07T14:54:00Z")

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Hi there

I have a stack of data, each of the documents has a name and a description. A name could look like this: 'Runtimeerror [-191]'. But the number isn't allways the same (Range from -1 to -100'000). I know that I can query them with a wildcard like:

> GET /\_search  
> {  
> "query": {  
> "wildcard" : { "Title" : "Runtimeerror \*" }  
> }  
> }

Is it possible to do a query like the one above but with timelion?  
The data also contains a timestamp.  
I have something in mind like this: `.es(index=*, q='Title:Runtimeerror *')`

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:21pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/2 "2017-12-07T15:21:47Z")

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Hello,

That query that you posted should work. The query syntax is the Lucene one, same as in Kibana and your ES query.

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**Author:** ![kumpelblase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumpelblase/32/35709_2.png) [@kumpelblase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumpelblase)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:52pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/3 "2017-12-07T15:52:49Z")

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How do you mean that should work? I know that the query for Elasticsearch works, but how can I cram that query into the 'q' parameter of timelion? I tried `.es(index=*, q='Title:Runtimeerror *')` but it ony gives me the results like `.es(*)`

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**Author:** ![Marius\_Dragomir](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/marius_dragomir/32/42087_2.png) [@Marius\_Dragomir](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Marius_Dragomir)\
**Post date:** [December 7, 2017, 3:56pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/4 "2017-12-07T15:56:44Z")

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Remove the space before the \*. It will work.

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**Author:** ![kumpelblase](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kumpelblase/32/35709_2.png) [@kumpelblase](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kumpelblase)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/5 "2017-12-08T07:08:38Z")

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Oh yea it worked, thanks for that

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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:** [January 5, 2018, 7:08am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/timelion-wildcard-query/110694/6 "2018-01-05T07:08:59Z")

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