Security

Multi Line Field Extraction for XML

SplunkDash
Motivator

Hello,

I have some issues to perform multi-line field extraction for XML, my in-line extraction is not getting any result; sample events and my in-line extraction are provided below. Any help would be appreciated. 

Sample Events:

<Event>

<ID>0123011</ID>

<Time>2023-10-28T05:22:37.97011</Time>

<Application_Name>Test</Application_Name>

<Host_Name>VS0SMADBEFT</Host_Name>

</Event>

<Event>

<ID>01232113</ID>

<Time>2023-10-28T05:22:37.99011</Time>

<Application_Name>Test</Application_Name>

<Host_Name>VS0SMADBEFT</Host_Name>

</Event>

 

In Line Extraction I Used

<ID>(?<ID>[^<]+)<\/ID>([\r\n]*)<Time>(?<Time>[^<]+)</Time>([\r\n]*)<Application_Name>(?<Application_Name>[^<]+)</Application_Name>([\r\n]*)<Host_Name>(?<Host_Name>[^<]+)</Host_Name>

 

 

0 Karma
1 Solution

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

To be fully honest, if your data is a well-formed XML, I'd just go for

KV_MODE=xml

View solution in original post

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/Latest/Admin/Propsconf

* dotall (?s) and multi-line (?m) modifiers are added in front of the regex.
  So internally, the regex becomes (?ms)<regex>.

 So if your regex doesn't match, there might be something not 100% OK with it. It almost checks out on regex101 but it warns about possible necessity of escaping the included slashes. So I'd start with verifying that.

SplunkDash
Motivator

@PickleRick 

Thank you so much for your quick response. However, no changes.

I was trying to use props and transforms conf files, but not working as well

My props transforms

[myprops]

REPORT-mytrans_fields=mytrans_fields

[mytrans_fields]

REGEX=\<(\w+[^\n\/\>]+)\/?\>([^\<\n][^\<]*)

FORMAT=$1::$2

DEST_KEY=_raw

 

Any recommendations?

0 Karma

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

To be fully honest, if your data is a well-formed XML, I'd just go for

KV_MODE=xml
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Introducing ITSI 5.0: Unified Visibility and Actionable Insights

Introducing ITSI 5.0: Unified Visibility and Actionable Insights Tuesday, July 21, 2026  |  10:00AM PT / ...

Inside Splunk Agent Observability: Understanding Agent Behavior, Tokens & Costs

Inside Splunk Agent Observability:Understanding Agent Behavior, Tokens & Costs Thursday, August 06, ...

From Data to Insight: Announcing the Winners of the Splunk Dashboard Contest

Hi Splunkers, First off, thank you to everyone who participated in our very first From Data to Insight: The ...