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How to extract multiple fields from one regex

efedoseeva
Engager

I try to extract several fields from my log but for some reason it does not work 😞
Here is my props:

[ev_event]
EXTRACT-sourceTask,groupName,virusName,targetUser,targetUserType,infectedObject = wstrTaskDisplayName="(?P[^"]+)", wstrGroupName="(?P[^"]+)".*strEventType="GNRL_EV_VIRUS_FOUND", wstrDescription="Результат:\s+Обнаружено:\s((?P[^\n]+))\nПользователь:\s+(?P[^()]+)\s\((?P[^)]+)\)\nОбъект:\s+(?P[^"]+)

There are Russian letters, but it's ok. Regex is 100% valid, I created it via Splunk Field Extractor, but I don't see these fields in the fields list on the left and can't search its values. However, when I open 'extract new fields' again, my fields are highlighted. What did I do wrong?

Here is log example:

"2016-04-27 10:56:35" nSeverity="4", wstrTaskDisplayName="Файловый Антивирус", wstrGroupName="OFFICE", wstrProductBuildNumber="10.2.4.674", strEventType="GNRL_EV_VIRUS_FOUND", wstrDescription="Результат:     Обнаружено: EICAR-Test-File
Пользователь:     DOMAIN\TEST_USER (Инициатор)
Объект:     C:\users\test_user\desktop\11.txt", wstrPar1="NULL", wstrPar2="C:\Users\test_user\Desktop\11.txt", wstrPar3="NULL", hostName="USER-COMP", domainName="domain.ru", tmRegistrationTime="2016-04-27 10:56:35.68", nId="1944850"

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this in your props please:

[ev_event]
EXTRACT-anExtractionName=(?ms)wstrTaskDisplayName="(?<sourceTask>.*)", wstrGroupName="(?<groupName>.*)", wstrProductBuildNumber=".*", strEventType=".*", wstrDescription="\W+(?<virusName>.*).*Пользователь:.*\\(?<targetUser>.*).\((?<targetUserType>.*)\).*Объект:\s+(?<infectedObject>.*)", wstrPar1=".*", wstrPar2=".*", wstrPar3=".*", hostName="(?<hostName>.*"), domainName="(?<domainName>.*)", tmRegistrationTime=".*", nId=".*"

Also make sure this props.conf is in the app you're using when you're doing the search, because this is a search time extraction and its scoped to the app unless you're putting it in /etc/system/local. I took the liberty of extrainign hostName and domainName as well. Hopefully you can use my example to expand upon your extraction as you wish.

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aholzel
Communicator

this might sound stupid but did you use smart or verbose search mode and not fast mode when you where searching?

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