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Field extraction on post multikv field?

Simon_Shelston
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Is it possible to create a field extraction on a field that only exists after piping through multikv?

In other words, can I persist this:

index="os" sourcetype="netstat" | multikv | rex field=LocalAddress "(?<port>\d{5})$"
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Simon_Shelston
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No, Splunk will not extract fields that are only present post multikv. This extraction will need to be based on the _raw field.

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Simon_Shelston
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No, Splunk will not extract fields that are only present post multikv. This extraction will need to be based on the _raw field.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

okay, i just edited it and saw the tag was htmlized away. so that should work as is. just can't make it auto whatever.

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Well, to clarify, it will do almost just as you've set up above (though you're missing a field name for the extraction), it just can't be set up as an automatic extraction.

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