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How do I filter out values if they appear twice

jneg2000us
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I have this data from Windows security logs and in the message section you have 2 version of the account name: I am only interested in the value of the second account string but I get both when putting into a table. In this result set, Account Name is used in both the subject and the Account is locked section of the Message value;

If my search is:
sourcetype=WinEventLog:Security EventCode=4740 ComputerName="AD*" |table _time Account_Name Caller_Computer_Name
I get both account names;

08/08/2012 03:32:32 PM
LogName=Security
SourceName=Microsoft Windows security auditing.
EventCode=4740
EventType=0
Type=Information
ComputerName=xxxx.xyz.com
TaskCategory=User Account Management
OpCode=Info
RecordNumber=5886400217
Keywords=Audit Success
Message=A user account was locked out.

Subject:
Security ID: S-1-5-18
Account Name: ADSERVER3$
Account Domain: MYDOMIAN
Logon ID: 0x3e7

Account That Was Locked Out:
Security ID: S-1-5-21-2108891353-1649483382-1341851483-2087
Account Name: mraccount

Additional Information:
Caller Computer Name: MAILSERVER

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yannK
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yannK
Splunk Employee
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Use multivalue fields and extract the one you want using mvindex.

see http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3.3/User/ParseFieldsWithMultipleValues

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jneg2000us
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awesome.. thanks worked

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