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Can i extract a dataset from a single column and show it as another field

NS
Explorer

Hey Splunkers!

I have several events from a particular index, and am looking to extract field value pair from one of the fields.

Sample  event:

DescriptionType
Attribute: environment=PROD\nAttribute: severity=MAJOR\nAttribute: time_ins=2020-11-30T17:45:33\nAttribute: affected_aspect=Exit\nAttribute: plane=Prod\nAttribute: workflow_state=NewALERT

 

I need each of these attributes as another column in the search.

environmentseveritytime_insaffected_aspectplaneworkflow_stateType
prodMAJOR2020-11-30T17:45:33ExitProdNewALERT

 

Can someone please guide me?

Thank you!

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The process is a bit convoluted since the extract command only works on the _raw field.  Here is an example

| makeresults | eval description="Attribute: environment=PROD\nAttribute: severity=MAJOR\nAttribute: time_ins=2020-11-30T17:45:33\nAttribute: affected_aspect=Exit\nAttribute: plane=Prod\nAttribute: workflow_state=New"
```The above just sets up test data```
| rename _raw as old_raw, description as _raw
| rex mode=sed s/\\\nAttribute://g
| extract pairdelim="\\" kvdelim="="
| rename _raw as description, old_raw as _raw

 

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NS
Explorer

This is exactly what i was looking for!

Thanks a lot.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The process is a bit convoluted since the extract command only works on the _raw field.  Here is an example

| makeresults | eval description="Attribute: environment=PROD\nAttribute: severity=MAJOR\nAttribute: time_ins=2020-11-30T17:45:33\nAttribute: affected_aspect=Exit\nAttribute: plane=Prod\nAttribute: workflow_state=New"
```The above just sets up test data```
| rename _raw as old_raw, description as _raw
| rex mode=sed s/\\\nAttribute://g
| extract pairdelim="\\" kvdelim="="
| rename _raw as description, old_raw as _raw

 

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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