# Wildcard Condition

With the help of the Wildcard Condition it is possible to replace any other condition, respectively to match any source against any value. This value can be fixed or defined via a wildcard.

For example, it would be conceivable to use this to replace the user condition by simply entering the user name and matching it with {user.name}. Since this node exists, this is of course pointless. A more sensible use case would be to match the {job.source} in a stream against a predefined extension, for example .MXF.

Be creative.


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