Splunk Search

How to format output table for an object?

alpsplunkuser
Engager

I have a message that consists of key-value pairs:
"status=BLOCKED, identifier=123422dsd13, userId=12344, name=John"
I am using | extract pairdelim=", " kvdelim="=" to extract these key-value pairs.

As an output I would like to get a 2-columns table with rows that contain key in column1 and value in column2:


| Key | Value |
| status | BLOCKED |
| identifier | 123422dsd13 |
| userId | 12344 |
| name | John |

0 Karma
1 Solution

efavreau
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@alpsplunkuser I didn't need the kvdelim to get it to break into key value pairs in this example, but I don't have your data, so YMMV. I think the command you're looking for is untable. To use it in this run anywhere example below, I added a column I don't care about. Then untable it, to get the columns you want. Then use table to get rid of the column I don't want, leaving exactly what you were looking for.

| noop 
| stats count 
| eval _raw="Whatisthis=donotcare, status=BLOCKED, identifier=123422dsd13, userId=12344, name=John"
| extract pairdelim=", "
| untable Whatisthis Key Value
| table Key Value

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/Latest/SearchReference/Untable

###

If this reply helps you, an upvote would be appreciated.

View solution in original post

efavreau
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@alpsplunkuser I didn't need the kvdelim to get it to break into key value pairs in this example, but I don't have your data, so YMMV. I think the command you're looking for is untable. To use it in this run anywhere example below, I added a column I don't care about. Then untable it, to get the columns you want. Then use table to get rid of the column I don't want, leaving exactly what you were looking for.

| noop 
| stats count 
| eval _raw="Whatisthis=donotcare, status=BLOCKED, identifier=123422dsd13, userId=12344, name=John"
| extract pairdelim=", "
| untable Whatisthis Key Value
| table Key Value

https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/Latest/SearchReference/Untable

###

If this reply helps you, an upvote would be appreciated.

DalJeanis
Legend

Try this instead

| rex field=NameOfMessageField max_match=0 "(?<Key>[^=,]+)=(?<Value>[^,]+)[, ]*"

alpsplunkuser
Engager

thanks for the reply, your approach also works to extract key-value pairs, but I am more interested in output format rather than parsing.

0 Karma
Got questions? Get answers!

Join the Splunk Community Slack to learn, troubleshoot, and make connections with fellow Splunk practitioners in real time!

Meet up IRL or virtually!

Join Splunk User Groups to connect and learn in-person by region or remotely by topic or industry.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

How much can you really learn in 3 minutes?

Observability can certainly be hard to understand – there's a lot of jargon and buzzwords and it seems to ...

Event Series: The Agentic SOC: Trust Before Autonomy

AI is fundamentally changing security operations, but true progress requires more than just automation—it ...

Free Professional Services for .conf26 Attendees

This year at .conf26, we are doing something a little different. We are bringing the best minds from ...