# Wildcard in provider(Source) name not working

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228>\
**Category:** Beats\
**Tags:** winlogbeat\
**Created:** [June 4, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228 "2019-06-04T16:29:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Orest\_Gulman](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/orest_gulman/32/46463_2.png) [@Orest\_Gulman](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Orest_Gulman)\
**Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 4:29pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228/1 "2019-06-04T16:29:46Z")

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hi, im using winlogbeat 6.7.1 version for collecting event logs. I have a lot of application witch all starts with the same name on the beginning and it will be very useful to filter application by using application name and \*.

For example:  
`winlogbeat.event_logs:`  
`- name: Application`  
`provider:`  
`- docker*`

 ![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/4/1489479fbe4ffb42c355559fa9f047562afcfb10.png)

Please suggest me another solution, thanks

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**Author:** ![kvch](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kvch/32/72058_2.png) [@kvch](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kvch)\
**Post date:** [June 5, 2019, 8:24am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228/2 "2019-06-05T08:24:22Z")

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Wildcards are not supported in Winlogbeat's configuration. You could open an enhancement request on GH to make sure it's not forgotten: [https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new?template=feature-request.md](https://github.com/elastic/beats/issues/new?template=feature-request.md)

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**Author:** ![andrewkroh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/andrewkroh/32/3784_2.png) [@andrewkroh](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/andrewkroh)\
**Post date:** [June 6, 2019, 1:19am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228/3 "2019-06-06T01:19:18Z")

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The `provider` filter is built on the XML filtering that Windows supports. There is no support for wildcards or xpath functions like `startswith` or `contains` hence Winlogbeat doesn't support them with the `provider` setting.

More details about the filtering capabilities in [https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2011/09/26/advanced-xml-filtering-in-the-windows-event-viewer/](https://blogs.technet.microsoft.com/askds/2011/09/26/advanced-xml-filtering-in-the-windows-event-viewer/).

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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 4, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-in-provider-source-name-not-working/184228/4 "2019-07-04T01:27:01Z")

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