diff --git a/web-console/src/utils/general.spec.ts b/web-console/src/utils/general.spec.ts
index 264554f72ff..b9f478824e2 100644
--- a/web-console/src/utils/general.spec.ts
+++ b/web-console/src/utils/general.spec.ts
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ describe('general', () => {
           id: 'datasource',
           value: `hello`,
         }),
-      ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"LOWER(\\"datasource\\") LIKE LOWER('hello%')"`);
+      ).toMatchInlineSnapshot(`"LOWER(\\"datasource\\") LIKE LOWER('%hello%')"`);
 
       expect(
         sqlQueryCustomTableFilter({
diff --git a/web-console/src/utils/general.tsx b/web-console/src/utils/general.tsx
index 1ff1eaf6fd1..77c44be2f43 100644
--- a/web-console/src/utils/general.tsx
+++ b/web-console/src/utils/general.tsx
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ export function makeBooleanFilter(): FilterRender {
 
 interface NeedleAndMode {
   needle: string;
-  mode: 'exact' | 'prefix';
+  mode: 'exact' | 'includes';
 }
 
 function getNeedleAndMode(input: string): NeedleAndMode {
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ function getNeedleAndMode(input: string): NeedleAndMode {
   }
   return {
     needle: input.startsWith(`"`) ? input.substring(1) : input,
-    mode: 'prefix',
+    mode: 'includes',
   };
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ export function booleanCustomTableFilter(filter: Filter, value: any): boolean {
   if (needleAndMode.mode === 'exact') {
     return needle === haystack;
   }
-  return haystack.startsWith(needle);
+  return haystack.includes(needle);
 }
 
 export function sqlQueryCustomTableFilter(filter: Filter): string {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ export function sqlQueryCustomTableFilter(filter: Filter): string {
   if (needleAndMode.mode === 'exact') {
     return `${columnName} = '${needle}'`;
   } else {
-    return `LOWER(${columnName}) LIKE LOWER('${needle}%')`;
+    return `LOWER(${columnName}) LIKE LOWER('%${needle}%')`;
   }
 }