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How to use rex command to extract two fields and chart the count for both in one search query?

anuarora
Engager

I have a log statement like 2017-06-21 12:53:48,426 INFO transaction.TransactionManager.Info:181 -{"message":{"TransactionStatus":true,"TransactioName":"removeLockedUser-1498029828160"}} .
How can i extract TransactionName and TranscationStatus and print in table form TransactionName and its count

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

| makeresults 
| eval _raw="2017-06-21 12:53:48,426 INFO transaction.TransactionManager.Info:181 -{\"message\":{\"TransactionStatus\":true,\"TransactioName\":\"removeLockedUser-1498029828160\"}}"

| rename COMMENT AS "Everything above generates sample event data; everything below is your solution"

| rex "{\"TransactionStatus\":(?<TransactionStatus>[^,]*),\"TransactioName\":\"(?<TransactioName>[^\"]*)\""
| chart count OVER TransactioName BY TransactionStatus

SPECIAL NOTE: Are you sure there is not a missing n in your given text for TransactioName (this may have to be adjusted)?

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

| makeresults 
| eval _raw="2017-06-21 12:53:48,426 INFO transaction.TransactionManager.Info:181 -{\"message\":{\"TransactionStatus\":true,\"TransactioName\":\"removeLockedUser-1498029828160\"}}"

| rename COMMENT AS "Everything above generates sample event data; everything below is your solution"

| rex "{\"TransactionStatus\":(?<TransactionStatus>[^,]*),\"TransactioName\":\"(?<TransactioName>[^\"]*)\""
| chart count OVER TransactioName BY TransactionStatus

SPECIAL NOTE: Are you sure there is not a missing n in your given text for TransactioName (this may have to be adjusted)?

anuarora
Engager

Thanks Mr. Woodcock. This saved me a lot of time.

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horsefez
Motivator

@woodcock
btw: Your syntax for "COMMENT" is not wrong, but there is a new one (since 6.5) you might find interesting.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.1/Search/Addcommentstosearches

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

I like mine better. When the create a genuine comment command, not a macro, then I will switch.

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

hi anuarora
you could use this regex to extract your two fields:

\{\"TransactionStatus\"\:(?<TransactionStatus>[^,]*),\"TransactioName\"\:\"(?<TransactioName>[^\"]*)\"

you can put it in Field extraction or in rex command

| rex "\{\"TransactionStatus\"\:(?<TransactionStatus>[^,]*),\"TransactioName\"\:\"(?<TransactioName>[^\"]*)\""

Test it at https://regex101.com/r/8Ff4ji/1

Bye.
Giuseppe

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anuarora
Engager

I tried below query but didn't get any success. It is always giving me 0.

sourcetype=10.240.204.69 "TransactionStatus" | rex field=_raw ".TransactionStatus (?.)" |stats count((status=true)) as success_count

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