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How to rename a field name with curly braces to compare it to a field in a lookup?

ashishlal82
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How can I rename a field name with curly braces attached to it e.g. cxy{} and then compare to a field within a lookup?

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somesoni2
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You can rename a field using the rename command like this

your base search  | rename abc{} as abc 

or

your base search  | rename  abc{}.* as *

However, you can do a lookup without renaming the field like this

your base search | lookup lookupname lookukpfield as abc{} OUTPUT lookupfield
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