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How to extract fields from a specific field instead of raw data using the conf files?

rsimmons
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

How to extract fields from a specific field instead of raw data using the conf files? Can it be done with EXTRACT-<class> = [<regex>|<regex> in <src_field>] in props.conf?

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gcato
Contributor

Hi rsimmons,

Looks like this has already been answered here: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/47982/extracting-field-from-a-field-other-than-raw-in-props-conf....

You need to use transforms configuration instead.

Hope this helps.

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rsimmons
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The extract fields command only works on raw data with transforms.conf however not with index data. The extractions is done via kv_mode=auto for the fields.

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