# Why wildcard query not supported in filter

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-wildcard-query-not-supported-in-filter/9928>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [December 4, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-wildcard-query-not-supported-in-filter/9928 "2012-12-04T08:29:54Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![sslhj](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/sslhj/32/119856_2.png) [@sslhj](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/sslhj)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2012, 8:29am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-wildcard-query-not-supported-in-filter/9928/1 "2012-12-04T08:29:54Z")

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why wildcard query not supported in filter?

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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:** [July 6, 2017, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/why-wildcard-query-not-supported-in-filter/9928/2 "2017-07-06T03:01:43Z")

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