Add note about wildcard populate and deep populate

strapi · Jan 17, 2025 · d8f785a · d8f785a
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 The easiest way to build complex queries with multiple-level population is to use our [interactive query builder](/dev-docs/api/rest/interactive-query-builder) tool.
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+You cannot combine deep population with the `*` wildcard as `populate=*` will overwrite anything else when parsed by the `qs` package.
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 ### Combining Population with other operators
 
 By utilizing the `populate` operator it is possible to combine other operators such as [field selection](/dev-docs/api/rest/populate-select#field-selection), [filters](/dev-docs/api/rest/filters-locale-publication), and [sort](/dev-docs/api/rest/sort-pagination) in the population queries.