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Carbon Black Cloud: Does a Wildcard Query on a Search Field Return Null Values?

Carbon Black Cloud: Does a Wildcard Query on a Search Field Return Null Values?

Environment

  • Carbon Black Cloud Console: All Versions
  • Carbon Black Cloud APIs

Question

  • Are wildcard queries against a search field expected to return results containing no value?
  • Example: Would the following query return unsigned processes?  
    process_publisher:*

Answer

  • No, query results will not include results where the field searched contains a null value.
  • In the example provided, only signed processes would be returned because unsigned processes contain no value for the process_publisher field. 

Additional Notes

Advanced search criteria and operators can be leveraged to obtain the desired results.

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