# Wildcard search based on a field like Splunk?

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250>\
**Category:** Kibana\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250 "2022-01-24T16:04:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![jlrMantu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@jlrMantu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jlrMantu)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 4:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250/1 "2022-01-24T16:04:51Z")

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Hello,

Sorry if this has been posted before, I couldn't find.

We are currently using Splunk but moving to Elastic / Kibana. On Splunk, we have some Fields in the dashboard, and when we search for a value, the search supports simply wildcard in that field (e.g. I search for email@\*).

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/2/3/23407091db4a28051fae7fd0810e492dcefd3eb7.png)

On Elastic / Kibana I am able to do a wildcard query of course, but it is not very user friendly, and the only fields I have are the Control Labels in Visualization, but their are based on strict values found in the logs.

![image](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/7/8/78e1529ec90803b10c6262739d0f01a90a0ed891.png)

Any way to reproduce this here?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![ghudgins](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/ghudgins/32/138532_2.png) [@ghudgins](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/ghudgins)\
**Post date:** [February 3, 2022, 6:32pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250/2 "2022-02-03T18:32:06Z")

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appreciate the feedback. on the controls front I think this is a good suggestion. we're doing active work in this area but this isn't on the list. will add it and discuss with the team [[Controls] [Meta] Engineering Phase 2 Implementation Roadmap · Issue #120035 · elastic/kibana · GitHub](https://github.com/elastic/kibana/issues/120035)

> On Elastic / Kibana I am able to do a wildcard query of course, but it is not very user friendly

where are you in Kibana in this example? Discover?

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**Author:** ![jlrMantu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ea666f/32.png) [@jlrMantu](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/jlrMantu)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2022, 3:04pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250/3 "2022-02-07T15:04:13Z")

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In Kibana I am in the dashboard view, with Control Visualization added for the fields of my data

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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:** [March 7, 2022, 3:05pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/wildcard-search-based-on-a-field-like-splunk/295250/4 "2022-03-07T15:05:14Z")

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