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Sourcetype not searcheable

TiagoTLD1
Communicator

Hello,

I am facing this behaviour: when searching for thin index, I see events of sourcetype=broker, like shown in the image below.

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When searching only for sourcetype=broker, no event shows up:

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Any idea why?

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1 Solution

TiagoTLD1
Communicator

Thanks to @joao_amorim

Found my mistake:

[broker]
DEST_KEY = MetaData:Sourcetype
REGEX = (B1)
FORMAT = sourcetype::broker

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TiagoTLD1
Communicator

Thanks to @joao_amorim

Found my mistake:

[broker]
DEST_KEY = MetaData:Sourcetype
REGEX = (B1)
FORMAT = sourcetype::broker

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amirrashid
New Member

@TiagoTLD1

Can u elaborate how u fix this issue as i facing the same issue and i am unable to understand what u actually did to get the results by source type.

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TiagoTLD1
Communicator

Agree on that, but what about if the search "index=esi_tests sourcetype=broker" also does not return any values?

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andrey2007
Contributor

Can you add sourcetype value using field picker to your search?

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TiagoTLD1
Communicator

Yes I did that in my splunk. Also, to prevent hidden spaces in my sourcetype name, I used this:

index=esi_tests | search sourcetype=b*.

Also got no results

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andrey2007
Contributor

Hello, TiagoTLD1
By default splunk searches index=main (default index)
so it may be the reason of such behavior

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