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2 index join not working

Laxman24
Explorer

Hi All,

I need some advice or help,

so I have 2 index I'd like to join but it seems not working as I expected :

index a

nameinfo
person1aa-bb-cc
person2bb-cc-dd
person3cc-dd-ee
thing1dd-ee-ff

 

index b

identifiernote
aabbccthis is good
bbccddthis is bad
ccddeethis is good

 

Id like to make the result below

nameinfonote
person1aa-bb-ccthis is good
person2bb-cc-ddthis is bad
person3cc-dd-eethis is good

 

What I currently have  is:

index=a 
| search name=person*
| eval identifier=replace(info, "-","")
| join type=outer identifier [search index=b]
| table name info note

 

But I still find the result "note" field is empty/null

did I miss something in this search  ?

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try without using join

index=a OR index=b
| eval identifier=if(isnull(identifier),replace(info, "-",""),identifier)
| stats values(*) as * by identifier
| search name=person*
| table name info note
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