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vikram1583
Explorer

search 1...|table src_ip
search 2: tag=authentication user!=*$ src_ip=xx.xx.xx.xx
| head 1
| table user src_ip

from search 1 result i need to find user so i have search 2 to find that but i want to show both results in one search i tried like this
search1....| table src_ip | join type=left src_ip [|search tag=authentication user!=*$ src_ip=$src_ip$ | head 1
| table user src_ip
but not able to find result can some one help

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You were close. The subsearch should not try to match events itself - the join will do that.

search1....| fields src_ip | join type=left src_ip [|search tag=authentication user!=*$ | stats values(user) as user by src_ip]
| table user src_ip
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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anmolpatel
Builder

@vikram1583 can you provide more detail about this? Maybe include an example

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