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Index appearing in Interesting fields

palisetty
Communicator

Why is that Index field doesn't appear in Selected Fields? It is appearing in interesting fields. index="homework_host_index" source="homeworkdataset.csv" host="Homework_Host" sourcetype="csv" #splunk. What are the conditions it would appear so?

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to4kawa
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smart mode

check right: Smart mode.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

If you have to search in smart mode and do not come out, you will have to do field extraction yourself.

palisetty
Communicator

can you please make it clearer for a newbie like me

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