Getting Data In

delete events that have a certain field empty?

halperkins
New Member

here is the scenario:
http://tinypic.com/r/1ax08/6

how can i delete the events for which the field is empty?

thanks

EDIT:
btw, i do not want to do the "delete" command which would delete the data from the actual server. I just want it removed from the search result

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

In order to remove events from the search result when field is empty you could just add field=* to your search.

martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

field=* means "field is anything but empty".

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horsefez
Motivator

@martin_mueller
How is this right?
For my understanding this means the fields value could by anything.

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sowings
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

| where isnull(<field>)

gfrjonp
Explorer
  • Edit, didnt read all the way, above is correctomundo.

source= | where isnull(B)

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sirisk
New Member

It worked for me

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