diff --git a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/AttributeFilter.jsx b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/AttributeFilter.jsx
index b2149bc8a6..bedcf9c657 100644
--- a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/AttributeFilter.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/AttributeFilter.jsx
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ class AttributeFilter extends React.PureComponent {
         column: PropTypes.object,
         placeholderMsgId: PropTypes.string,
         tooltipMsgId: PropTypes.string,
-        operator: PropTypes.string,
+        defaultOperator: PropTypes.string,
         type: PropTypes.string,
         isWithinAttrTbl: PropTypes.bool
     };
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class AttributeFilter extends React.PureComponent {
         onChange: () => {},
         column: {},
         placeholderMsgId: "featuregrid.filter.placeholders.default",
-        operator: "=",
+        defaultOperator: "=",
         isWithinAttrTbl: false
     };
     constructor(props) {
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class AttributeFilter extends React.PureComponent {
             booleanOperators: ["="],
             defaultOperators: ["=", ">", "<", ">=", "<=", "<>", "isNull"],
             timeDateOperators: ["=", ">", "<", ">=", "<=", "<>", "><", "isNull"],
-            operator: this.props.isWithinAttrTbl ? "=" : "",
+            operator: this.props.isWithinAttrTbl ? (this.props.defaultOperator) : "",
             isInputValid: true
         };
     }
diff --git a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/BaseDateTimeFilter.js b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/BaseDateTimeFilter.js
index 1e04116388..dc2a97aeba 100644
--- a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/BaseDateTimeFilter.js
+++ b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/BaseDateTimeFilter.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export class DateFilter extends AttributeFilter {
         />);
     }
     handleChange = (value, stringValue) => {
-        this.props.onChange({ value, stringValue, attribute: this.props.column && this.props.column.name, inputOperator: this.state.operator || this.props.operator });
+        this.props.onChange({ value, stringValue, attribute: this.props.column && this.props.column.name, inputOperator: this.state.operator });
     }
     handleChangeRangeFilter = (value, stringValue, order = 'start') => {
         let reqVal = {};
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ export class DateFilter extends AttributeFilter {
                 endDate: this.props.value?.endDate
             };
         }
-        this.props.onChange({ value: reqVal, stringValue, attribute: this.props.column && this.props.column.name, inputOperator: this.state.operator || this.props.operator });
+        this.props.onChange({ value: reqVal, stringValue, attribute: this.props.column && this.props.column.name, inputOperator: this.state.operator });
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/StringFilter.jsx b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/StringFilter.jsx
index adb13f44e3..2ea18a3038 100644
--- a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/StringFilter.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/StringFilter.jsx
@@ -5,7 +5,8 @@ import { trim } from 'lodash';
 export default compose(
     defaultProps({
         onValueChange: () => {},
-        placeholderMsgId: "featuregrid.filter.placeholders.string"
+        placeholderMsgId: "featuregrid.filter.placeholders.string",
+        defaultOperator: 'ilike'
     }),
     withHandlers({
         onChange: props => ({value, attribute, inputOperator} = {}) => {
diff --git a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/__tests__/StringFilter-test.jsx b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/__tests__/StringFilter-test.jsx
index 2f9bf53922..c9da5b6256 100644
--- a/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/__tests__/StringFilter-test.jsx
+++ b/web/client/components/data/featuregrid/filterRenderers/__tests__/StringFilter-test.jsx
@@ -35,6 +35,15 @@ describe('Test for StringFilter component', () => {
         expect(el).toExist();
         expect(el.value).toBe("TEST");
     });
+    it('test the text field with the ilike default operator in attribute table', () => {
+        ReactDOM.render(<StringFilter value={"TEST"} type="string" isWithinAttrTbl />, document.getElementById("container"));
+        const el = document.getElementsByClassName("form-control input-sm")[0];
+        expect(el).toExist();
+        expect(el.value).toBe("TEST");
+        const operatorEl = document.querySelector('.rw-input');
+        expect(operatorEl).toExist();
+        expect(operatorEl.innerHTML).toEqual("ilike");
+    });
     it('Test StringFilter onChange', () => {
         const actions = {
             onChange: () => {}