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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.
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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))
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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))
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Perfect. Thank you so much for patiently clearing my issue. Happy New Year
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@woodcock What are called search terms, please?
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See my updated answer.
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@woodcock any one example of not like fieldname=fieldvalue, please.
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See my updated answer.
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@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.
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Hi
Field values are not case sensitive.
Field names are always case sensitive.
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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.
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