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How to use regex to extract field?

shugup2923
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I have a field "dimension" with values:

dimension=InstanceIdentifier=[aaamcehjcdbp01]
dimension=InstanceIdentifier=[aaamcehgcdbp01]......and many more,

I want aaamcehjcdbp01 from this field as new field.

host=aaamcehjcdbp01 
host=aaamcehgcdbp01

Please help me with the regex or any other method.

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493669
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Try below regex-

|rex field=dimension "InstanceIdentifier=\[(?<Name>[^\]]+)"

Below is anywhere run search-

| makeresults |eval dimension="InstanceIdentifier=[aaamcehjcdbp01]"|rex field=dimension "InstanceIdentifier=\[(?<Name>[^\]]+)"

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493669
Super Champion

Try below regex-

|rex field=dimension "InstanceIdentifier=\[(?<Name>[^\]]+)"

Below is anywhere run search-

| makeresults |eval dimension="InstanceIdentifier=[aaamcehjcdbp01]"|rex field=dimension "InstanceIdentifier=\[(?<Name>[^\]]+)"
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shugup2923
Path Finder

Thanks, it worked

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