Getting Data In

Why does the author appear as "nobody" from this search?

hslee
Engager

hi all~

| rest /services/apps/local

author is nobody

How do I find the real author?

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jluo_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

After a user's account is deleted, all their artifacts will show up as owned by "Nobody". If you check the scheduled searches/reports, you may find there are ones that belong to "Nobody", and if you are running Splunk 6.6 or above, you can reassign the report to a different owner.

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