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Compare data between multi column tables and find difference

renSplunk
New Member

Hi,

I have a query that gives a table of records satisfying certain condition. Have another query that gives the same result fields, but with a different search string.
Now I want to find the ones that are present in first result and not in the second one
Query1 : index=mail sourcetype=testmail "Search condition 1" | table field1 field2 field3 | dedup field1 field2 field3
Query2 : index=mail sourcetype=testmail "Search condition 2" | table field1 field2 field3 | dedup field1 field2 field3
How do I find the one that is only present in Query 1 and then list it as a table with all 3 fields?

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
index=mail sourcetype=testmail "Search condition 1" OR "Search condition 2"
| eval condition1=if(searchmatch("Search condition 1"),"y","n")
| eval condition2=if(searchmatch("Search condition 2"),"y","n")
| table field1 field2 field3 condition*
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manjunathmeti
Champion

You can use NOT,

 index=mail sourcetype=testmail "Search condition 1"  NOT "Search condition 2" | table field1 field2 field3 | dedup field1 field2 field3

 

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renSplunk
New Member

I tried it, but it gives me only the first search results. What I want is to search for both and then find the difference between them

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