What does the property glide.ts.max_wildcard_expansion actually do? Increasing/decreasing the property values does what to the search?

[Vasu20]

Hi,

I always get confused with this property glide.ts.max_wildcard_expansion and what it does?Can someone please explain it?Any help will be appreciated.

Thanks and Regards,

Vasu

[Aman Kumar S]

This article explains your query:

Field	Description
Name	glide.ts.max_wildcard_expansion
Description	Maximum number of matches for a wildcard term that are allowed as unambiguous.
Type	Integer
Value	500

If a wildcard search matches more words than this value, the system displays a message asking the user to refine the search.

https://docs.servicenow.com/en-US/bundle/sandiego-platform-administration/page/administer/search-administration/task/set-global-text-search-properties.html