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How do I search for the first occurrence of a field that is not null or empty?

faustof
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I have a field "Company Name" that is empty on some events, but has a value on others. How do I search for the first occurrence of that field that is not null or empty?

sourcetype=[my source] [filter field] = 322799761 
| table customer.companyName
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sundareshr
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Try this

sourcetype=[my source] [filter field] = 322799761 customer.companyName=* | table customer.companyName | head 1

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sundareshr
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Try this

sourcetype=[my source] [filter field] = 322799761 customer.companyName=* | table customer.companyName | head 1
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