topic Re: Search a field for multiple values in Splunk Search

Search a field for multiple values

tmarlette — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:29:18 GMT

I am attempting to search a field, for multiple values.

this is the syntax I am using:

< mysearch > field=value1,value2 | table _time,field

The ',' doesn't work, but I assume there is an easy way to do this, I just can't find it the documentation.

Does anyone have any ideas?

Re: Search a field for multiple values

cphair — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 19:57:32 GMT

Use field=value1 OR field=value2.

Re: Search a field for multiple values

Georgin — Wed, 25 Nov 2015 14:27:28 GMT

Should value1 or value2 be enclosed in quotes?

Re: Search a field for multiple values

splunkdevabhi — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 07:16:09 GMT

Yes . You may include it

Re: Search a field for multiple values

cphair — Tue, 26 Jul 2016 12:06:15 GMT

@Georgin: It doesn't have to be quoted unless the value itself contains separators. E.g. field=0 OR field=1 is fine, but you would have to use quotes for field="My String With Spaces".

Re: Search a field for multiple values

ReddySk — Wed, 07 Aug 2019 13:04:54 GMT

Hello,
I am trying to combine it with my search string but no result is returned.

index=index1  type=transaction (host="host1" OR host="host2" OR host="host3")

What is wrong?

Thanks, Regards, Rudo

Re: Search a field for multiple values

Eze — Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:22:20 GMT

field IN (value1,value2,value3)

Example:

index=network severity IN (low,high,medium)

Re: Search a field for multiple values

pkisplunk — Mon, 05 Oct 2020 06:30:42 GMT

You can use the `IN` operator like:

error_code IN (4*, 500, 502, 503)

You can have both concrete values and wildcards.

See https://www.splunk.com/en_us/blog/tips-and-tricks/smooth-operator-searching-for-multiple-field-values.html