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How to merge two field as sourcetype?

rendie
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Hi,

I wanna merge two fields into sourcetype as below:

props.conf

[source::/path/to/folder/*]
sourcetype = coalesce(field1,field2)

 

So, as result, I getting field sourcetype with the value "coalesce(field1,field2)". How to solve an issue?

Thanks.

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General_Talos
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Try in props.conf

[source::/path/to/folder/*]
EVAL-sourcetype = coalesce(field1,field2)

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General_Talos
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Try in props.conf

[source::/path/to/folder/*]
EVAL-sourcetype = coalesce(field1,field2)
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rendie
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Oh yeah, it works for me. Thank you

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