I have an XML file that looks like this. It is one event with a break before "<COMBINE>"
<COMBINE>
<DATE>12152013</DATE>
<AGENCY><![CDATA[Department of the Housewares]]></AGENCY>
<OFFICE><![CDATA[ Housewaress Central ]]></OFFICE>
<LOCATION><![CDATA[405 5th st.]]></LOCATION>
<ZIP>29318</ZIP>
<CLASSCOD>Y</CLASSCOD>
<NAICS>109ha74</NAICS>
<OFFADD><![CDATA[]]></OFFADD>
<SUBJECT><![CDATA[Replace Appliances]]></SUBJECT>
<SOLNBR><![CDATA[SAC-73816327]]></SOLNBR>
<RESPDATE>12272013</RESPDATE>
<CONTACT><![CDATA[Ken Mattern, Procurement Manager, Phone 9925-8125]]></CONTACT>
<DESC1><![CDATA[PROJECT TITLE: Replace appliances that have been damaged by flood]]></DESC1>
<LINK><![CDATA[]]></LINK>
<SETASIDE>N/A</SETASIDE>
<POPCOUNTRY><![CDATA[US]]></POPCOUNTRY>
<POPADDRESS><![CDATA[Local Mall]]></POPADDRESS>
<RECOVERY_ACT>N</RECOVERY_ACT>
<DOCUMENT_PACKAGES><PACKAGE><![CDATA[XYZZY]]></PACKAGE>
</DOCUMENT_PACKAGES>
</COMBINE>
I'm searching it like this to find all records that contain "Mall"
index="xyz" sourcetype="xyzcombine" Mall
| spath output=Date path=COMBINE.DATE
| spath output=Solicitation path=COMBINE.SOLNBR
| spath output=Subject path=COMBINE.SUBJECT
| spath output=Location path=COMBINE.POPADDRESS
| spath output=Zip path=COMBINE.POPZIP
| spath output=Set-Aside path=COMBINE.SETASIDE
| eval Date= strptime(Date,"%m%d%Y")
| convert timeformat="%Y-%m-%d" ctime(Date) AS Date
| table Date, Solicitation, Location, Subject, Set-Aside
| sort Date desc
The search works just fine. However, the word "Mall" can appear anywhere in the record. What I really need to do is to be able to search for "Mall" in the Location or POPADDRESS field. I can't figure out how to do this. I have tried this
index="xyz" sourcetype="xyzcombine" Location*Mall*
With no ressults. I've tried sub searches, WHERE functions and anything else I can think of. It looks to me like fields containing character data, "[CDATA[]]" just don't parse properly.
Any idea of how I can search the specific field?
I figured out what I was doing wrong. Instead of searching for
"Location**Mall*
"
I need to search for
"*POPADDRESS*Mall*"
Doing that returns exactly what I need, only events with Mall in the Location field. Wildcards do make a difference.