Interaction of value search and wildcard search

By default, value search allows wildcards at the end of the search term (such as gua* for the search term guarantee). To enable wildcards elsewhere in a search term, you need to set the mdex-config_EnableValueSearchWildcard attribute in the Global Configuration Record (GCR) to true, for the standard attribute in your records.

The following examples illustrate how the Oracle Endeca Server treats wildcards in value searches: