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Exclude specific values from Eval case matches

neerajs_81
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Hello, 

How can I get my eval case like to match all values  except a  specific value ?

I have below values for a field called rule_name

MMT01_windows_brute_force

MMT02_linux_root_login

MMT03_Aws_guardduty_alert

How to get eval to match everything except anything with AWS in the name ? I need to use wildcard % for the matching part because there r many matches but just exclude AWS ones.

I  found a similar post here where the answer was to user AND! To exclude  But that syntax is no longer supported it seems.

| eval rule_type= case(like(rule_name,"MHE0%"),onprem,cloud)

Expected result: rule_type should end up having 2 values for MMT01 and 02  using a wildcard and MMT03 should be  considered as cloud

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PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your description is not very clear but you can either use if with eval to check if some complex condition is fulfilled like for example:

| eval rule_type=if(like(rule_name,"MHE0%") OR like (rule_name,"%AWS%"),"cloud","prem")

(forget the actual logic, it's the syntax that's important here).

or

use the case() statement to form something of an ACL:

| eval rule_type=case(like(rule_name,"%AWS%"),"cloud",like(rule_name,"MHE0%"),"onprem",1=1,"cloud default")

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You could use match and a regex

| eval rule_type=if(match(_raw,"MMT\d+_(?:[^_]+(?<!Aws))_"),"onprem","cloud")

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your description is not very clear but you can either use if with eval to check if some complex condition is fulfilled like for example:

| eval rule_type=if(like(rule_name,"MHE0%") OR like (rule_name,"%AWS%"),"cloud","prem")

(forget the actual logic, it's the syntax that's important here).

or

use the case() statement to form something of an ACL:

| eval rule_type=case(like(rule_name,"%AWS%"),"cloud",like(rule_name,"MHE0%"),"onprem",1=1,"cloud default")

 

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