# Wildcard characters

Use wildcard characters with tag names in the query box to select multiple tags to list in the spreadsheet. The wildcard characters are:

## ?

Matches any single character. For example, type:
tower\total???
to list all tags in the tower folder with eight-character names, the first five of which are tower\total.

## *

Matches any number of characters, including the back slash (\). For example, type:
tower*
to list all the tags in the tower folder. If there were other folders with names like tower1 or towers, their tags would also be listed.

A search string can be up to 255 characters long (the maximum length for a tag name). Case is ignored.

## See also

Create HMI tags

About HMI tag names