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Use Wildcards in Message Text

Typically, you can simply specify enough message text to identify the messages you want the message rule to process.

You can also use wildcard characters to insert character patterns in the message text. If you use a wildcard character, you must also add a wildcard character to the end of the message text if necessary.

The following examples show the correct use of wildcard characters:

*EC501A*
IEC50*A*
IEC5**A*

The number of characters represented by a wildcard character is dependent on its position in the message text as follows:

• If the wildcard character is at the beginning of, or embedded in the message text, it represents one character.
• If the wildcard character is at the end of the message text, it represents any number of characters.