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What are some recommendations for the use of Wildcards when creating ActiveView rules?
What are some good rules to remember when using Wildcards for ActiveView rules?
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Directory and Resource Administrator 6.x
Directory and Resource Administrator 7.x
Directory and Resource Administrator 8.0
Directory and Resource Administrator 8.0 SP1
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Directory and Resource Administrator (DRA) supports wildcard characters in many fields throughout the MMC, Delegation and Configuration Console, Account and Resource Management Console, Web Console and CLI interface. Wildcards allow you to define rules that match multiple objects to a specific condition or standard, such as a naming convention. You can use wildcards instead of regular expressions to narrow or broaden the scope of the rule. Wildcard matching is case-insensitive.
DRA supports the following wildcard characters. You cannot use wildcard characters in names.
Match Item | Character | Definition |
Any Character | Question Mark ? | Matches exactly one character |
Any Digit | Number Sign # | Matches one digit |
Any Character, 0 or More Matches | Asterisk * | Matches zero or more characters |
The following table provides examples of wildcard character specifications and what they match and do not match. If you want to specify a special character as a regular character, type a backslash (\) before the special character.
Example | Matches | Does Not Match |
De* | Denny and Delores | Dallas |
D\*E | D*E | DE |
Den??? | Denton and Dennis | Denison |
El ????o | El Campo and El Indio | El Paso |
Houston\? | Houston? | Houstons |
Houston, tx ##### | Houston, TX 77024 | Houston, TX USOFA |
5555 Oak Ln \### | 5555 Oak Ln #32 | 5555 Oak Ln 320 |
Directory and Resource Administrator and Exchange Administrator do not support wildcard specifications that contain logical operations.