Security

Field Extraction from Indexed field

Poojitha
Communicator

Hi All,

I am trying to extract a value from the indexed field. i.e from source field . I have added the regex in props.conf 

Example : 

source  = 234234324234:us-west-2:firehose_list_tags_for_resource

I want everything after second : (colon) as service i.e firehose_list_tags_for_resource

I have added in props.conf as below :

EXTRACT-service = source([^:]+:[^:]+:(?<service>.+)$)

This has created the field service but fetching wrong value. It is fetching last part of raw data.

Please can anyone help me to understand how can I extract field value from indexed data ? Should I add in transforms.conf as well ?

Please can anyone guide me. It helps me lot

Regards,
PNV

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Tell Splunk which field to extract from by using the in option.

EXTRACT-service = [^:]+:[^:]+:(?<service>.+)$ in source

 

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deepakc
Builder

Use the below as an example, using both props and transforms,  change to your sourcetype that you are using and if it works, change your group names if desired. 

Props.conf
[my_sourcetype]
REPORT-my_service = extract_service


Transforms.conf
[extract_service]
SOURCE_KEY = source
REGEX = [^:]+:(?<my_service>.+)$
FORMAT = my_service::$1

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Poojitha,

please try this:

| rex field=source ":(?<your_field>\w+)$"

or in props.conf:

EXTRACT-service = EXTRACT-service = source([^:]+:[^:]+:(?<service>.+)$) in source

that you can test at https://regex101.com/r/NBjX8h/1

ciao.

Giuseppe

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