Search wildcards

A wildcard is a special character that you can use in your search text to substitute for one or more unknown characters. For example, if you want to find a resource whose full name you don't know, you can use a wildcard in your search text when searching for that resource.

The following table describes the wildcards you can use in your search text.

Wildcard Description

Wildcard	Description
?	Represents a single character. Example Searching for `?owie` can show results such as Bowie, Mowie, Rowie.
*	Represents a string of characters. Example Searching for `Be` can show results such as Bowie, Breeze, and Byte. Example Searching for `Audit License Consumption` can show results such as the following: audit license consumption numbers audit license consumption consumption metrics consumptionRequired consumption123
" "	Represents a literal search. Example Searching for `"David Bowie"` can show results such as David Bowie and David Bowie Songs but it won't show David or Bowie. If you are looking for an exact match instead of similar matches in the search results, enclose your search text in double quotation marks (""). For example, when you search for a URL without double quotation marks, the exact URL appears first in the results, followed by similar URLs. If, however, you don't want those similar URLs to appear, enclose the URL in double quotation marks. This could be useful when you are interested in the total count and want only exact matches in your results. Double quotation marks can be applied to your entire search text or only parts of it. Example Searching for `Audit License Consumption` can return many resources in the results, with any combination of the three words. However, searching for `“Audit License Consumption”` ensures that only resources containing those three words in that specific order are shown in the results. Example Searching for `data "governance center"` ensures that only resources containing data or governance center are shown in the results, while those containing only governance or only center are excluded.

Represents a single character.

Example Searching for ?owie can show results such as Bowie, Mowie, Rowie.

Represents a string of characters.

Example Searching for B*e can show results such as Bowie, Breeze, and Byte.

Example Searching for Audit License Consumption* can show results such as the following:

audit license consumption numbers
audit
license
consumption
consumption metrics
consumptionRequired
consumption123

" "

Represents a literal search.

Example Searching for "David Bowie" can show results such as David Bowie and David Bowie Songs but it won't show David or Bowie.

If you are looking for an exact match instead of similar matches in the search results, enclose your search text in double quotation marks (""). For example, when you search for a URL without double quotation marks, the exact URL appears first in the results, followed by similar URLs. If, however, you don't want those similar URLs to appear, enclose the URL in double quotation marks. This could be useful when you are interested in the total count and want only exact matches in your results.

Double quotation marks can be applied to your entire search text or only parts of it.

Example Searching for Audit License Consumption can return many resources in the results, with any combination of the three words. However, searching for “Audit License Consumption” ensures that only resources containing those three words in that specific order are shown in the results.

Example Searching for data "governance center" ensures that only resources containing data or governance center are shown in the results, while those containing only governance or only center are excluded.