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Help with excluding field combination

fdevera
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SubjectUserName

TargetOutboundUserName

host

IpAddress

Sun Jun 21 08:37:39 2020bcharliebcharliexby-100::1
Sun Jun 21 08:37:03 2020bcharliebcharliexby-100::1

 

I need to exclude search results where SubjectUserName+TargetOutboundUserName will always be excluded.

TargetOutboundUsername will always be SubjectUsername+x

How would I write that out?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Thank you for clarifying the problem.  This where clause should do the job.

| where NOT like(TargetOutboundUserName, SubjectUserName."x")
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

To exclude one or more fields from the results, use the fields command with the '-' option.

| fields - SubjectUserName TargetOutboundUserName

 

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fdevera
Path Finder

I'm not trying to exclude fields. I'm trying to exclude all events that have

subjectusername + TargetoutboundUsernName+x

bcharlie + bcharliex

kfrog + kfrogx

staceyb + stacebx

I would like those excluded. I think some regex has to be done here?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
I'm not understanding the criteria for excluding events. If the TargetUserName value is always the SubjectUserName value plus "x" then won't *all* events match SubjectUserName + TargetUserName+x?
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fdevera
Path Finder

I mean it won't always be, just when to exclude when the following = true

SubjectUserName + TargetUserName+x

field1

field2=field1+x

field1+(field1+x) -> any time this is true, exclude those events. So fred+cow will show but fred+fredx will be excluded from results.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Thank you for clarifying the problem.  This where clause should do the job.

| where NOT like(TargetOutboundUserName, SubjectUserName."x")
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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