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Field extraction only works partial

mikeschneider
Explorer

Hello Splunkers,

I created a (index-time) field extraction with the following regex:

REGEX = ^\d+;\d{11}02(\d{5})\d{5}

This extracts a Number from a CSV-File and stores it in a field "fkennung". I see that the field is filled at index time
and its also in the fields list in splunk UI, filled with correct values. Lets say one of the numbers in that field is 51117.
If i do a wildcard search "fkennung=51*" the search returns the correct events, all numbers in "fkennung" starting with 51.
If id do a wildcard search "fkennung=511*" or a search with the vale "fkennung=51117" splunk doesnt return any results.
Even if i klick on a value at the field menu,the search doesnt return any results.

Any ideas ?

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

In addition to defining the props/transforms extraction, did you defined the field in fields.conf ?

see http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Configureindex-timefieldextraction

Try to add the following lines to fields.conf:
[fkennung]
INDEXED=true

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

In addition to defining the props/transforms extraction, did you defined the field in fields.conf ?

see http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Configureindex-timefieldextraction

Try to add the following lines to fields.conf:
[fkennung]
INDEXED=true

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mikeschneider
Explorer

....it works....just a typo in fields.conf,thank you Yann 🐵

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mikeschneider
Explorer

btw, Hi Yann,i guess we met in London 🐵

yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

indeed. Happy it worked 🙂

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mikeschneider
Explorer

Yep,did that already 🐵

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