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How to whitelist specific TaskName in inputs.conf in Splunk forwarder to be pulled?

splunker-2021
Loves-to-Learn Everything

How will I whitelist specific TaskName in inputs.conf in Splunk forwarder configuration from WinEventLog Task Scheduler/Operational .

Pulled data Example:

....<Data Name='TaskName'>\Job 1</Data>.....

....<Data Name='TaskName'>\Job 2</Data>.....

....<Data Name='TaskName'>\Other 1</Data>.....

I only need to pull data of Job 1 and Job 2. How can I filter multiple jobs in inputs.conf

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Splunk supports whitelisting based on a fixed set of keywords.  "Data Name" is not one of them, but Message is.  If the TaskName is part of the Message text then perhaps this whitelist will help.

whitelist1 = Message=:"TaskName'\>\\Job [12]\<:
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vin_ven27
Explorer

I believe @richgalloway that the Task name is not under a Message keyword accepted by the whitelisting. With this, do we have any work around? or once the keyword is not:

Category, CategoryString, ComputerName, EventCode, EventType, Keywords,
    LogName, Message, OpCode, RecordNumber, Sid, SidType, SourceName,
    TaskCategory, Type, User

meaning it will not work at all?  

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If the keyword is not in that list then it cannot be used in a whitelist or blacklist.

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splunker-2021
Loves-to-Learn Everything

Hi, I appreciate your help, but it still not working on my end 😞 I have tried the code but no result in pulling data.

This is the inputs.conf

[WinEventLog://Microsoft-Windows-TaskScheduler/Operational]
disabled = 0
start_from = oldest
current_only = 1
checkpointInterval = 5
renderXml = true
whitelist1 = Message=:'TaskName'\>\\Service Process\\<:
index = winevents_index
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