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Match values under 2 different fields

linwqg
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Need help. Appreciate in advance.

I have 2 lookup csv. I need to match each value under "numberX" field against the list of values under "numnberY" field. If there is a match, e.g. 4653, to obtain the following output.

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niketn
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@linwqg, try the following search

| inputlookup csv1.csv where 
    [| inputlookup csv2.csv 
    | rename numberY as numberX 
    | table numberX]
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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

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niketn
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@linwqg, try the following search

| inputlookup csv1.csv where 
    [| inputlookup csv2.csv 
    | rename numberY as numberX 
    | table numberX]
____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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linwqg
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Thanks niketnilay. Will give it a try too.

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linwqg
New Member

Your approach work as well. Thanks niketnilay.

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niketn
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@linwqg, please accept the answer if your issue is resolved to mark this question as answered 🙂

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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HiroshiSatoh
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Try this!

|inputlookup csv1|search [search |inputlookup csv2|rename numberY AS numberX |table numberX ]
|table numberX, info, more_info
OR
|inputlookup csv1|join type=inner numberX AS numberY [search |inputlookup csv2]
|table numberX, info, more_info
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linwqg
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Many thanks. Will definitely give this a try as well.

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linwqg
New Member

I understand from the first pipe onward, that we are renaming the field and table it out.

Why is this important? How to interpret the search before all these?

search |inputlookup csv2|rename numberY AS numberX |table numberX

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HiroshiSatoh
Champion

|search [search |inputlookup csv2|rename numberY AS numberX |table numberX]

search (numberX="X" OR numberX="Y" OR numberX="Z")

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linwqg
New Member

What's the different between 1 and 2?

  1. |inputlookup csv1|search [search |inputlookup csv2|rename numberY AS numberX |table numberX ]
  2. |inputlookup csv1|search [|inputlookup csv2|rename numberY AS numberX |table numberX ]
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p_gurav
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Hi,

try something like this:

|inputlookup csv2|lookup csv1 numberX AS numberY OUTPUTNEW info,more_info|table numberX, info, more_info
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linwqg
New Member

Thanks for the headstart.

Tried but it does not seem to work.

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linwqg
New Member

I did abit of cleanup and i think it works. Thanks p_gurav.

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