Splunk Dev

NOT operator issue

splunk_zen
Builder

I'm having trouble applying a filter to group servers which share the scp keyword, into %scp% and %dscp% subgroups. The resulting AND expression does not return any values.
How should I rewrite the NOT sentence ?

case(
NOT (hostname like "%dscp%") AND hostname like "%scp%", "SCPs", 
....
hostname like "%dscp%", "DSCPs",
hostname like "%mgr%", "MGRs"
), 
"other")

EDIT: Also tried the variation

NOT like(HOST_NAME,"%dscp%") AND like(HOST_NAME,"%scp%"), "SCPs", 

with no luck.

Tags (4)
0 Karma

splunk_zen
Builder

Sigh...
Some admin please delete this question.
The initial search was correct.
Turns out some collection process had stopped and that range of hosts were not being updated, that's why I was seeing any results, there weren't any to show..

0 Karma

jonuwz
Influencer
host=*scp* AND host!=*dscp*

or

host=*scp* NOT host=*dscp*

splunk_zen
Builder

Thanks jonuwz,
but it seems case does not play well with that wildcard form:

Error in 'eval' command: The expression is malformed. An unexpected character is reached at '*scp* AND hostname !=*dscp*, "SCPs", hostname =*dscp*, "DSCPs"

If I encapsulate the wildcards with quotes,

hostnam == "*scp*" AND host!="*dscp*"

it just does not find anything as it explicitly searches for the string "scp" ('*' characters included)

0 Karma
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!

Splunk Enterprise Security: An Automated Phishing Response Workflow

Originally posted on Splunk.com.   Key takeaways  The volume of phishing emails can overwhelm even the most ...

Sharper ES Detections, Agentic AI Integrations, Smarter Workload Management, and More ...

Splunk Lantern is Splunk’s customer success center that provides practical guidance from Splunk experts on key ...

Data Outage Monitoring and Reporting

We’ve all been there, right? Living our best life, working on our Splunk environment, when out of nowhere a ...