topic Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive. in Splunk Search

Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:05:38 GMT

Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive?
(components of search language)?

For me, the answer is case sensitive but Quizlet says case insensitive. To verify, I tried it on the search bar and when I type "Index", it doesn't produce any results while I type "index", I see the events on the event list.

I am sorry I am asking some questions from Quizlet as it contradicts my understanding and I am just trying to make sure I am correct.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

vnravikumar — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:31:02 GMT

Field values are not case sensitive.
Field names are always case sensitive.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 12:53:40 GMT

That is correct, I was thinking search terms come under everything before '|'. I forgot about Field Names and Field Values. Thank you for correcting me.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

woodcock — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:14:28 GMT

There is a difference between field names and field values. The former are case-SENSITIVE, the latter are case-INsensitive. You can alter the latter by using the CASE() feature. Now search terms are also case-INsensitive. These are the text strings in a foundational search that do not use an equals sign. In other words, anything not like FIeldName="field value". So your search might look like this:

index="caseINsensitive" AND sourcetype="caseINsensitive" AND FieldNameCaseSENSITIVE="FieldValueCaseINsensitive" AND search AND "terms" AND are AND also AND case AND "INsensitive" OR (CASE(thisIsCaseSENSITIVE) OR TERM(thisIsCaseINsensitive))

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:17:11 GMT

@woodcock What are called search terms, please?

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:48:23 GMT

@woodcock @gcusello As far as I know, Search terms are something before '|'. If we take that into consideration, we have index="main", here 'index' is Field Name which is case sensitive, "main" is Field value which is not case sensitive. But we are calling search terms are not case sensitive, i am confused, kindly help.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

woodcock — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:51:07 GMT

See my updated answer.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 16:54:19 GMT

@woodcock any one example of not like fieldname=fieldvalue, please.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

woodcock — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:03:44 GMT

See my updated answer.

Re: Search terms are case sensitive or case insensitive.

palisetty — Wed, 01 Jan 2020 17:09:21 GMT

Perfect. Thank you so much for patiently clearing my issue. Happy New Year