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Exclusion using NOT to exclude values

secure
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i have a query where im generating a table with columns 

ostype ,osversion and status  i need to exclude anything below version 12 for solaris and suse im using the below command and it works but this is not efficient way 

| search state="Installed"
| search NOT( os_type="solaris" AND os_version <12)
| search NOT( os_type="*suse*" AND os_version <12)

i was trying to use the below command

| search state="Installed" NOT (( os_type="solaris" AND os_version <12) OR ( os_type="*suse*" AND os_version <12))

and its not working

any suggestions

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livehybrid
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Hi @secure 

You could try the following which I think should do what you need?

| where NOT (os_type="solaris" OR like(os_type,"%suse%")) OR os_version>=12

 

The match is used due to the wildcards, so in this where statement we are excluding solaris/*suse* unless the os_version is greater/equal to 12 (Which is functionally the same as excluding less than version 12).

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ITWhisperer
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| search os_version>=12 OR NOT (os_type="solaris" OR os_type="suse")
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gcusello
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Hi @secure ,

are you sure about the field names? you used two different names for each of them (ostype and OS_type) but maybe it's a mistyping.

Anyway, che ck the field names.

Then check the value of os_version, if you use the "<" char, it must be numeric.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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