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How to extract values in a field?

mdmaala
Communicator

In my table, I have a field named Username, and it has two values: Machine 1 and 2. I only want to show Machine1 only without showing Machine2. How would I do this? thanks!

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Add | search Username=Machine1 to your query.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | eval Username = mvindex(Username, 0)
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mdmaala
Communicator

I did this but it still shows both machine 1 and 2

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renjith_nair
Legend

@mdmaala,

Is it a multi value field or delimiter(comma,space,etc) separated? Can you share some sample events of the field?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Add | search Username=Machine1 to your query.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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mdmaala
Communicator

I did this and this works! but in my graph it still leaves a gap for machine 2 values for every timestamp registered, is there anyway that I can remove that in the graph and show the values for machine 1 only?

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mdmaala
Communicator

thanks! I was able to search only for Machine1 values. but in my graph it still leaves a space for machine 2. I only want to graph values for machine 1

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