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How can I exclude only from source X to destination Y and Z?

danutmatei
Explorer

Hello, I'm working on a use case where I have 1 source and 2 destinations. Everything that is found between the source and the 2 destinations need to be excluded. So I've used:

where source = X AND destination != Y OR destination != Z

But this will filter the logs and will display only the logs that comes from source X and the logs that comes from other sources will be excluded as well.

How I can exclude only from source X to destination Y and Z ?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @danutmatei,

yes, this is the condition. it should run, otherwise, you can use the search command:

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @danutmatei,

if you want to exclude from your results the events from source and one of the destinations, you could run something like this:

index=your_index NOT (source=X (destination=Y OR destination=Z))
| ...

Ciao.

Giuseppe

danutmatei
Explorer

If I have the logs from a data model, can I use this ?

from datamodel=firewall_logs where NOT (source="X" (destination="Y" OR destination="Z"))

thank you

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @danutmatei,

yes, this is the condition. it should run, otherwise, you can use the search command:

Ciao.

Giuseppe

gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @danutmatei,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking

Giuseppe

P.S.: Karma Points are appreciated 😉

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