Splunk Search

Create table for exception without key-value pair

shilpi
New Member

I am new to Splunk.

I need to search my logs for any Exception (FileNotFoundException in below example) and then populate the data in a table with 2 columns- host and the exception. The exception is not in key-value format. A sample of my log file is-

2011-06-24 13:29:39,453 [J353454535 c:1.5.7.88] INFO  (MyClass.java:78) - FileNotFoundException
host=myhost.google.com   Options|  sourcetype=My_log4j   
Tags (1)
0 Karma

MHibbin
Influencer

You should look at creating your fields first:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/Knowledge/Addfieldsatsearchtime

However the following should (I think) provide what you require (assuming the format is always the same for exceptions):

<yourBaseSearch>
| rex field=_raw "\-\s+(?P<exception>\w+)"
| table host exception

In the above I just use rex to extract the field on the fly.

Hope this helps.

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Data Management Digest – December 2025

Welcome to the December edition of Data Management Digest! As we continue our journey of data innovation, the ...

Index This | What is broken 80% of the time by February?

December 2025 Edition   Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!    We’re back with this ...

Unlock Faster Time-to-Value on Edge and Ingest Processor with New SPL2 Pipeline ...

Hello Splunk Community,   We're thrilled to share an exciting update that will help you manage your data more ...