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How do I read XML tags from Splunk?

rohithshettyge
Engager

I have uploaded the below XML data into Splunk Light. Can someone give me a query to get only the value from the tag ? So I can create a dashboard from this result that if MessageID has values, the request reached the destination.

<part name="reqdata"
    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
    <CreateOrderRequest
        xmlns=""
        xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
        <TransactionHeader>
            <Action>CREATE</Action>
            <MessageID>1-6348871101_01/07/2019 05:52:27
            </MessageID>
            <SourceApplication>SRS1</SourceApplication>
            <SourceComponent>Submit Order</SourceComponent>
            <TargetApplication>XXX</TargetApplication>
            <TargetComponent>Submit Order</TargetComponent>
        </TransactionHeader>

    </CreateOrderRequest>
</part>
Tags (3)

mayurr98
Super Champion

Hi,

spath would definitely work but that would also create unnecessary fields if you are just interested in MessageID then you can try this:

index=<your_index> |  rex field=_raw "\<MessageID\>(?<MessageID>[^\<]+)" | search MessageID=*

let me know if this helps!

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harsmarvania57
Ultra Champion

Hi @rohithshettyge,

You can use spath in your query so your query will be like this

<yourBaseQuery> | spath

Here is run anywhere search

| makeresults
 | eval _raw="<part name=\"reqdata\"
    xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">
    <CreateOrderRequest
        xmlns=\"\"
        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"
        xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">
        <TransactionHeader>
            <Action>CREATE</Action>
            <MessageID>1-6348871101_01/07/2019 05:52:27
            </MessageID>
            <SourceApplication>SRS1</SourceApplication>
            <SourceComponent>Submit Order</SourceComponent>
            <TargetApplication>XXX</TargetApplication>
            <TargetComponent>Submit Order</TargetComponent>
        </TransactionHeader>

    </CreateOrderRequest>
</part>"
| spath
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