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How to extract string from lookup field?

nathanluke86
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Hi,

 

I need to extract a string from a field in a lookup.

need to extract between <query> and <query>  and the field name is "eai:data"

any help would be appreciated.

 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
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Hi @nathanluke86,

if you could share some sample of your data I could be more detailed, anyway, please try a regex like this:

| rex field=your_lookup_field "\<query\>(?<eai:data>[^\<]*)"

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @nathanluke86,

if you could share some sample of your data I could be more detailed, anyway, please try a regex like this:

| rex field=your_lookup_field "\<query\>(?<eai:data>[^\<]*)"

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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