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RegEx Extraction Assistance for new field.

matt4321
Explorer

I have a field that looks like the below.

PM=Rodhouse,Logan (PM Build VZT-PM)
PM=Allen,Jim (PM Run-PM)

Basically breaksdown like the below.
PM= Last,First Name (PM "Group"-PM)

I would like to create a custom field for the Any Text that is in the "Group" Part.
PMGroup="Group"

PMGroup=Build VZT
PMGroup=Run

Any help would be appreciated.

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niketn
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Try the following rex command

<YourBaseSearch>
|  rex "\(PM\s(?<PMGroup>[^\-]+)\-PM\)"

You can create a Field Extraction with the same regular expression once you have tested with your sample data. You can also use regex101.com for understanding how this regex is working.

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

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niketn
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Try the following rex command

<YourBaseSearch>
|  rex "\(PM\s(?<PMGroup>[^\-]+)\-PM\)"

You can create a Field Extraction with the same regular expression once you have tested with your sample data. You can also use regex101.com for understanding how this regex is working.

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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matt4321
Explorer

This worked perfect but for some reason I had to add field=PM for it to extract properly.

| rex field=PM "\(PM\s(?<PMGroup>[^\-]+)\-PM\)"

niketn
Legend

Ok my query was for raw data so it should have also worked, but field=PM would work as well. Eventually create a field extraction with regex using Interactive Field Extraction or props.conf/transforms.conf whichever you are comfortable with.

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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