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Field extraction for space

Susha
Engager

Hi Team,

We have one field as Customer=ABC DEF where one space in between  where if i am giving any as Customer = *DEF* then its not giving any value..

 

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manjunathmeti
Champion

hi @Susha,

Provide string in double quotes.

| makeresults 
| eval Customer="ABC DEF" 
| search Customer="*DEF*"
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Susha
Engager

thanks @manjunathmeti . but its not working since we have  value as 

Customer="ABC DEF" 

 where ABC keeps changing..

also i am getting below error :-

Error in 'makeresults' command: This command must be the first command of a search. 

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