% Wildcard selection - extract data via Query as a Web Service

Hello all,
I am using Query as a Web Service to extract data through to my Xcelsius document. I have a series of charts that display summed data according to user selections within some combo boxes.
Is there any way to send through a wildcard selection, i.e. pass a " like '%' " query string somehow through to the database?
With the query that I have created:
I have a measure value returned
I have 4 filter objects
I have selected the "Prompt" option for each
Within the Data Manager, the prompt fields are assigned to cells which reference the combo box selections
When I build the query, the selections available are many (equal to, not equal to, greater than, greater than or equal to, etc), but there is no 'like' comparison.
Alternatively, is there a way that I can pass the selected parameter values, including " like '%' " if no value is selected within a dropdown, to the original measure calculations within the universe?
I hope this makes sense, let me know if I need to clarify anything. Any help would be very much appreciated.
Cheers,
Marco

Very easy solution - select 'matches pattern' within the filter objects selection when building the query.
Don't know why I didn't try this earlier.

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