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Disabling Automatic Trailing Wildcards in Queries

The Disable Automatic Trailing Wildcard Field List user property disables the automatic trailing wildcards that Siebel CRM uses in a query on a field. You cannot disable this user property for a DTYPE_PHONE field.

The value for this user property must contain a list of fields separated by commas. You can add this user property to a business component to disable automatic trailing wildcards for individual fields. For example:

• Name. Disable Automatic Trailing Wildcard Field List.
• Value. First Name, Last Name.

To disable automatic trailing wildcards

1. In the Siebel Web Client, navigate to the Administration - Server Configuration screen, Enterprises, and then the Component Definitions view.
2. In the Component Definitions list, locate the relevant component.

   For example, to disable automatic trailing wildcards for Siebel Sales, locate the following component:

   Sales Object Manager (ENU)

3. Click Menu, and then click Start Reconfiguration.
4. In the Component Parameters list, locate Automatic Trailing Wildcard, and then set the Value field to FALSE.
5. In the Component Parameters list, click Menu, and then click Commit Reconfiguration.
6. Restart the server component.

   For more information about starting and stopping server components, see Siebel System Administration Guide.