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Spath command to extract JSON from _raw event

sbd12b
Explorer

This is the basic case:

I have an event

2021-12-28T06:24:17.567|SEARCHING|{"field1":"value1","field2":5,"field3":"la la la"}

My search 

index="redact" SEARCHING | spath path="field3"

Splunk is separating the values, but field3 column is empty for all events.

 

Can anyone please assist? 

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@sbd12b 

Try this.

index="redact" SEARCHING | rex field=_raw "(?<_raw>\{.*\})" | spath | table field3

My Sample Search :

| makeresults | eval _raw="2021-12-28T06:24:17.567|SEARCHING|{\"field1\":\"value1\",\"field2\":5,\"field3\":\"la la la\"}" | rex field=_raw "(?<_raw>\{.*\})" | spath | table field3


 Thanks
KV
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sbd12b
Explorer

This worked perfect. Thank you for your help!

I had to change the "<" and ">"  to entities and it worked amazing!

| rex field=_raw "(?&lt;_raw&gt;\{.*\})" | 
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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@sbd12b 

Try this.

index="redact" SEARCHING | rex field=_raw "(?<_raw>\{.*\})" | spath | table field3

My Sample Search :

| makeresults | eval _raw="2021-12-28T06:24:17.567|SEARCHING|{\"field1\":\"value1\",\"field2\":5,\"field3\":\"la la la\"}" | rex field=_raw "(?<_raw>\{.*\})" | spath | table field3


 Thanks
KV
▄︻̷̿┻̿═━一   😉

If any of my reply helps you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

sbd12b
Explorer

This worked perfect. Thank you for your help!

I had to change the "<" and ">"  to entities and it worked amazing!

| rex field=_raw "(?&lt;_raw&gt;\{.*\})" | 
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