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How to rename multiple field names and bind them by one common field?

CryoHydra
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Team,

We have 3 different sourcetype on which endpoint/device are identified by different fieldname:

sourcetype=x endpoint identified by the field $host$ , sourcetype=y identified by $fqdn$ and sourcetype=z identified by $dns$

I want to bind all the devices to sourcetype , by renaming all the device field renamed to common field name $endpoint$. How to go over this?

host1 hos2 | stats count by sourcetype endpoint
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renjith_nair
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Try,

"your base search"|eval endpoint=case(sourcetype=="x",host,sourcetype=="y",fqdn,sourcetype=="z",dns)|stats count by sourcetype,endpoint
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renjith_nair
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Try,

"your base search"|eval endpoint=case(sourcetype=="x",host,sourcetype=="y",fqdn,sourcetype=="z",dns)|stats count by sourcetype,endpoint
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What goes around comes around. If it helps, hit it with Karma 🙂

CryoHydra
Path Finder

Thanks !

host* - is the search string i used which mapped to host field host=host1 , host=host2 host=3

but host like client1 client2 which are present in log message for the host are also populating in the search with host=client1 host=client2 host=client3

How can i exclude host=client* ? using eval

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renjith_nair
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(host=host* AND host!=client* )

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What goes around comes around. If it helps, hit it with Karma 🙂
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CryoHydra
Path Finder

Thanks Renjith . But i used the below query which is time consuming.

"your base search"|eval endpoint=case(sourcetype=="x",host,sourcetype=="y",fqdn,sourcetype=="z",dns)|search endpoint=host* | stats count by sourcetype,endpoint

I have used the new field name to filter out events.

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