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How to exclude multiple values from a field in search?

rnikam1412
Loves-to-Learn Everything

Here is my search:

index=database action_id="CR" OR action_id="AL" database_name= "test" NOT (server_principal_name =  account_1 OR server_prinicipal_name = account_2 OR server_prinicipal_name = account_3)

Search result still showing event including server_prinicipal_name=account_1  server_principal_name=account_2 and account_3

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
Make sure the field name and values are spelled correctly. The field name in the example search has different spellings. Have you tried putting quotation marks around the values?
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