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SEDCMD to change field name

saifuddin9122
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Hello
i have a log event as
DEBUG 2017.02.06 17:15:35.385: (common.work) Parsed source address, source='10.0.0.2' i want to change the source as src_ip at index time

can any one help me ?

Thanks in advance

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try like this (props.conf on Indexer/heavy forwarder)

[YourSourceType]
...other settings..
SEDCMD-srcip = s/,\s+source=/, src_ip=/g

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twinspop
Influencer
SEDCMD-source = s/, source=/, src_ip=/

Although I think a better option is to use a field alias. Settings -> Fields -> Field aliases

somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try like this (props.conf on Indexer/heavy forwarder)

[YourSourceType]
...other settings..
SEDCMD-srcip = s/,\s+source=/, src_ip=/g
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