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How to extract field values from a log record including blanks in the data part?

DrFedtke
Explorer

hi all,

we have data records like

posLabel=monitoring field posData=51.02 55.56 msg=xxxx

where variables' content include blanks.

my questions:

  • how can I advise splunk to include the entire string (incl. blanks)
    to a variable. in this example, to assign "monitoring field" to variable
    posLabel and "51.02 55.56" to posData?

  • is there any escape character defined to prevent that a "=" character
    in my data becomes interpreted as a new variable namen?
    for example, in case of "posData=x=5,y=9 " the value of posData
    should be "x=5,y=9", and no x and y variables should become created.

thanks for any link or sample code.

best, and thanks to all
Caspar

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

props.conf:

[mySourceType]
TRANSFORMS-mySourceType = mySourceTypeKVPs

transforms.conf:

[mySourceTypeKVPs]
REGEX = ([^\s\=]+)=([^=]*)(?:\s+|$)
FORMAT = $1::$2
MV_ADD = 1

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

props.conf:

[mySourceType]
TRANSFORMS-mySourceType = mySourceTypeKVPs

transforms.conf:

[mySourceTypeKVPs]
REGEX = ([^\s\=]+)=([^=]*)(?:\s+|$)
FORMAT = $1::$2
MV_ADD = 1
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