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[Redo][8.2] Highlight that rule exceptions are case-sensitive (#4839)
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* Update docs/detections/detections-ui-exceptions.asciidoc
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nastasha-solomon authored Feb 20, 2024
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[IMPORTANT]
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* Rule exceptions are case-sensitive, which means that any character that's entered as an uppercase or lowercase letter will be treated as such. In the event you _don't_ want a field evaluated as case-sensitive, some ECS fields have a `.caseless` version that you can use.
* You can use nested conditions. However, this is only required for
<<nested-field-list, these fields>>. For all other fields, nested conditions
should not be used.
* Wildcards are not supported in rule exceptions or value lists. Values must be literal values.
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image::images/endpoint-add-exp.png[]
. If required, modify the conditions.
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IMPORTANT: Rule exceptions are case-sensitive, which means that any character that's entered as an uppercase or lowercase letter will be treated as such. In the event you _don't_ want a field evaluated as case-sensitive, some ECS fields have a `.caseless` version that you can use.
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NOTE: See <<ex-nested-conditions>> for more information on when nested conditions are required.

. You can select any of the following:
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