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SPL gets garbled in simple XML

token2
Path Finder

Hello, I have SPL that when opened into a search from the dashboard has good working SPL, for example

| rex field=_raw "\"stuff\"+\smaximum=\"100\"\>(?P<Score>[^\<]*)"

in simple XML (when editing in the webUI 'source' and when opening the XML files in an editor) some of the characters get garbled.

| rex field=_raw "\"stuff\"+\smaximum=\"100\"\&gt;(?P&lt;Score&gt;[^\&lt;]*)"

Seems that the ">" gets garbled into "&gt;" and "<" into "&lt;"

 

Another example is " | rex field=Message "Member:\s(?P<UserAdd>[\s\S]*?Account Name"

the < and > get mutated to: rex field=Message "Member:\s(%3FP&lt;UserAdd&gt;[\s\S]*%3F)Account Name"

 

So ? is %3F

< is &lt;

> &gt;

 

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anilchaithu
Builder

@token2 

This is expected in xml for special characters like &, >, < etc. Refer the document & attached image to avoid this issue

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.4/Viz/OverviewofSimplifiedXML

anilchaithu_0-1594678696476.png

 

Hope this helps

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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Those are escaped characters which splunk changes to this form when you are using dashboard editor. You could avoid this using “source”-mode with editor and add <![CDATA[ .... your query ... ]]> to source code.

r. Ismo

anilchaithu
Builder

@token2 

This is expected in xml for special characters like &, >, < etc. Refer the document & attached image to avoid this issue

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/8.0.4/Viz/OverviewofSimplifiedXML

anilchaithu_0-1594678696476.png

 

Hope this helps

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