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How do you search for events that match the exact text of a raw text?

Danielle2018V
New Member

Hello

index="cs_test" "Splunktest" "Refund succeeded" OR *"action"=>"refund"*

I have a below raw text log, I want to return events that contain either "Refund succeeded" OR "action"=>"refund", the problem is logs that contain only " => " or "refund" are also being returned. How do I just return results that contain exact string of "Refund succeeded" OR "action"=>"refund"?

Example raw text

"status"=>"pending", "action"=>"refund", "convert_to_cash_url"=>nil}], "v2_return_service_enabled"=>true, "inventory_service_id"=>"voucher", "order_reversal_url"=>"/order_reversal/refund", "is_expiration_extendable"=>false, "can_partial_refund"=>false, "tradable"=>"ineligible", "merchant_payment_text"=>"Continuous", 

Thanks

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rteja9
Path Finder

Try below search,

index="cs_test" "Refund succeeded" OR "\"action\"=>\"refund\""

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j_cabanillas
Explorer

@Danielle2018V

Seems like you are just working with the raw logs, are fields not being extracted ? If not, you can do something like this :

index="cs_test" "Splunktest" | rex field=_raw "action"\S{3}(?<action>[^"]*) | search "Refund succeeded" OR action=refund
I create the field action ,for future references, in case you want to see other actions .
If you can show me a log sample where the value "Refund succeeded" is present we can create another field , your search will be much more accurate

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rteja9
Path Finder

Try below search,

index="cs_test" "Refund succeeded" OR "\"action\"=>\"refund\""

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