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johnsasikumar
Path Finder

I have an event as below

Names

"John|James|Jude|Jenni|bond|Tom"

How do i get each name as separate event.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Split the field then expand it into multiple events.

... | eval Names=split(Names, "|") | mvexpand Names | ...
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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