Getting Data In

Extract fields from filename and put it into event

WXY
Path Finder

I wang to extract field from event source filename.
The file path format shows:

D:\soft\logs\fv_1_Tom_lab1_20180701.txt

I want get two fields in my events
such as username=Tom; project=lab1

what should I do ?
How can I confige my props.conf and transforms.conf ,I use SplunkForward to forward my data

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WalshyB
Path Finder

You could try this?

props.conf
[your_sourcetype]
EXTRACT-username,project = ^.*?\logs\D+\d_(?[^]+)(?[^_]+) in source

You will need to adjust the regex as I made it pretty quick and it is unlikely to match all the cases you have which you haven't provided.

Credit/Source: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/600776/multiple-fields-extractionm-using-propsconf.html

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493669
Super Champion

can you show some sample events to understand better
from your explanation you can try:
in props.conf -

[sourcetype_name]
 REPORT-myUniqueClassName = myTransform

in transforms.conf -

[myTransform]
  REGEX = (\w+)=(\w+)
  FORMAT = $1::$2
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