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How to edit my eval case statement to exclude certain text from a field's value?

nivethainspire_
Explorer

My field has following value

summary="java running in chrome"

I need a search such that summary should have the word "java" and shouldn't have "chrome", "firefox".

My search is :

|eval Application = case(Summary like "%Java%"  NOT "%chrome%" NOT "%firefox%","Java",Summary like "%flash%","flash")

but it is not working. Can anyone guide me?

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niketn
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NOT keyword in not supported for case statement, so use ! instead for performing not expression.

|eval Application = case(Summary like "%Java%" AND ! ( Summary like "%chrome%" OR Summary like "%firefox%"),"Java",Summary like "%flash%","flash")

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try something like this

your current search
|eval Application = case(match(Summary,"Java") AND NOT (match(Summary,"chrome") OR match(Summary,"firefox")), "Java" ,match(Summary,"flash"),"flash", true(),"other")
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niketn
Legend

NOT keyword in not supported for case statement, so use ! instead for performing not expression.

|eval Application = case(Summary like "%Java%" AND ! ( Summary like "%chrome%" OR Summary like "%firefox%"),"Java",Summary like "%flash%","flash")

____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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nivethainspire_
Explorer

not working 😞
getting the following error.
Typechecking failed. 'OR' only takes boolean arguments.

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niketn
Legend

I have edited my answer as I was missing Summary like conditions in the not condition. Can you please retry the above and confirm?

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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