diff --git a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
index d9861073d7cf766d07d2dd6d0ea5a252f6176f05..ad07615894fd71c032f182048c6cf95fd9acf95a 100644
--- a/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
+++ b/plasmid/source/core-plugins/eln-lims/1/as/webapps/eln-lims/html/js/server/ServerFacade.js
@@ -680,7 +680,9 @@ function ServerFacade(openbisServer) {
 						var firstDotIndex = fieldName.indexOf(".");
 						fieldNameType = fieldName.substring(0, firstDotIndex);
 						fieldName = fieldName.substring(firstDotIndex + 1, fieldName.length);
-					} else {
+					}
+					
+					if(!fieldValue) {
 						fieldValue = "*";
 					}