https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284251#M2481 <P>Hi <a href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/75747">@Fluffydoom</a> ,</P><P>You can use contains and DQL section:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="deni_0-1755673210300.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29673iB945DE7EF35C42B1/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="deni_0-1755673210300.png" alt="deni_0-1755673210300.png" /></span></P><P>Regards, Deni</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:00:45 GMT deni 2025-08-20T07:00:45Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284231#M2478 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Fluffydoom_0-1755641233977.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29666iABC49F595026CE95/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Fluffydoom_0-1755641233977.png" alt="Fluffydoom_0-1755641233977.png" /></span></P><P>I can't seem to escape * on this metric? if I use \ it tells me&nbsp;</P><P><SPAN class="">There isn't an escape sequence like `\*`. If you want to use a backslash, use `\\` instead of `\`.</SPAN></P><DIV class="">&nbsp;</DIV><P>&nbsp;</P> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 22:09:05 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284231#M2478 Fluffydoom 2025-08-19T22:09:05Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284251#M2481 <P>Hi <a href="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/75747">@Fluffydoom</a> ,</P><P>You can use contains and DQL section:</P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="deni_0-1755673210300.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/29673iB945DE7EF35C42B1/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="deni_0-1755673210300.png" alt="deni_0-1755673210300.png" /></span></P><P>Regards, Deni</P><P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 07:00:45 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284251#M2481 deni 2025-08-20T07:00:45Z https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284386#M2485 <P>Thanks! I think the ToString function was the key I was missing!</P> Wed, 20 Aug 2025 16:40:28 GMT https://community.dynatrace.com/t5/DQL/Escaping-wildcard-in-a-DQL-Metrics-Dashbaord/m-p/284386#M2485 Fluffydoom 2025-08-20T16:40:28Z