diff --git a/src/techui_builder/builder.py b/src/techui_builder/builder.py
index fd3d6ea..8d7b0c7 100644
--- a/src/techui_builder/builder.py
+++ b/src/techui_builder/builder.py
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import fnmatch
 import json
 import logging
+import re
 from collections import defaultdict
 from dataclasses import _MISSING_TYPE, dataclass, field
 from pathlib import Path
@@ -114,27 +116,42 @@ def generate_screens(self):
         # any extras defined
         for component_name, component in self.conf.components.items():
             screen_entities: list[Entity] = []
-            # ONLY IF there is a matching component and entity, generate a screen
-            if component.prefix in self.entities.keys():
+            # If the string set as the prefix contains a wildcard,
+            # do some wildcard matching
+            if bool(re.search(r"[\*\?\[\]]", component.prefix)):
+                filtered_prefixes = fnmatch.filter(
+                    self.entities.keys(), component.prefix
+                )
+                for prefix in filtered_prefixes:
+                    screen_entities.extend(self.entities[prefix])
+            # If the component prefix is in entities.keys, add to screen entities
+            elif component.prefix in self.entities.keys():
                 screen_entities.extend(self.entities[component.prefix])
-                if component.extras is not None:
-                    # If component has any extras, add them to the entries to generate
-                    for extra_p in component.extras:
-                        if extra_p not in self.entities.keys():
-                            LOGGER.error(
-                                f"Extra prefix {extra_p} for {component_name} does not \
-exist."
-                            )
-                            continue
-                        screen_entities.extend(self.entities[extra_p])
-
-                self._generate_screen(component_name, screen_entities)
             else:
                 LOGGER.warning(
-                    f"{self.techui.name}: The prefix [bold]{component.prefix}[/bold]\
- set in the component [bold]{component_name}[/bold] does not match any P field in the\
- ioc.yaml files in services"
+                    f"{self.techui.name}: [bold]{component.prefix}[/bold] set in \
+[bold]{component_name}[/bold] does not match any P field in the ioc.yaml \
+files in services"
                 )
+            # If component extras is non empty, for each extra,
+            # Check if there are any wild card expressions that cause matches and extend
+            # the screen_entities list if there are any matches
+            if component.extras is not None:
+                # If component has any extras, add them to the entries to generate
+                for extra_p in component.extras:
+                    if bool(re.search(r"[\*\?\[\]]", extra_p)):
+                        filtered_extra = fnmatch.filter(self.entities.keys(), extra_p)
+                        for filtered in filtered_extra:
+                            screen_entities.extend(self.entities[filtered])
+                    elif extra_p not in self.entities.keys():
+                        LOGGER.error(
+                            f"Extra prefix {extra_p} for {component_name} does not \
+exist."
+                        )
+                        continue
+                    screen_entities.extend(self.entities[extra_p])
+
+            self._generate_screen(component_name, screen_entities)
 
     def _generate_json_map(
         self, screen_path: Path, dest_path: Path, visited: set[Path] | None = None
diff --git a/src/techui_builder/models.py b/src/techui_builder/models.py
index 87cb239..26ba2a9 100644
--- a/src/techui_builder/models.py
+++ b/src/techui_builder/models.py
@@ -24,25 +24,25 @@
     r"""
             ^           # start of string
             (?=         # lookahead to ensure the following pattern matches
-                [A-Za-z0-9-]{13,16} # match 13 to 16 alphanumeric characters or hyphens
-                [:A-Za-z0-9]* # match zero or more colons or alphanumeric characters
-                [.A-Za-z0-9]  # match a dot or alphanumeric character
+                [A-Za-z0-9*?\[\]-]{2,16} # match 2-16 alphanumeric chars,-/wildcards
+                [:A-Za-z0-9*?[\]]* # match >=0 colons or alphanumeric chars/wildcards
+                [.A-Za-z0-9*?[\]]  # match a dot or alphanumeric chars or wildcards
             )
             (?!.*--)    # negative lookahead to ensure no double hyphens
             (?!.*:\..)  # negative lookahead to ensure no colon followed by a dot
             (           # start of capture group 1
-                (?:[A-Za-z0-9]{2,5}-){3} # match 2 to 5 alphanumeric characters followed
+                (?:[A-Za-z0-9*?,\[\]-])* # match >1 alphanumeric characters followed
                                     # by a hyphen, repeated 3 times
-                [\d]*   # match zero or more digits
+                [\d*]   # match zero or more digits
                 [^:]?   # match zero or one non-colon character
             )
-            (?::([a-zA-Z0-9:]*))? # match zero or one colon followed by zero or more
+            (?::([a-zA-Z0-9*:]*))? # match zero or one colon followed by zero or more
                                 # alphanumeric characters or colons (capture group 2)
-            (?:\.([a-zA-Z0-9]+))? # match zero or one dot followed by one or more
+            (?:\.([a-zA-Z0-9*]+))? # match zero or one dot followed by one or more
                                 # alphanumeric characters (capture group 3)
             $           # end of string
         """,
-    re.VERBOSE,
+    re.VERBOSE | re.UNICODE,
 )
 _LONG_DOM_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z]{2}\d{2}[a-zA-Z]$")
 _SHORT_DOM_RE = re.compile(r"^[a-zA-Z]{1}\d{2}(-[0-9]{1})?$")