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riqbal47010
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I am not seeing extracted field against below query.

index=fireeye | eval {flexString2Label} = flexString2

below are crossponding values in CEF format
flexString2Label = subjcect

flexString2 = "a test message"

Please advise that what I a missing

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to4kawa
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| makeresults 
| eval flexString2Label = "subject",flexString2 = "a test message" 
| eval {flexString2Label} = flexString2

this is OK.
maybe, flexString2Label OR flexString2 field does not extracted.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
| makeresults 
| eval flexString2Label = "subject",flexString2 = "a test message" 
| eval {flexString2Label} = flexString2

this is OK.
maybe, flexString2Label OR flexString2 field does not extracted.

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