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SPL query help

KulvinderSingh
Path Finder

Hi All,

Need some help with SPL query to compare the data from same host on 2 different dates and give me a status as "found" or "not found" . Status = Found if it finds the notepad is still installed on same Path on the same machine else not found.

 

so far I have created a kvstore lookup to store the data but cannot come up with logic to compare the data

I have added sample data below. All help is appreciated.

 

HostNameExeVersion Path ProductName RunDate sourcetype
xxxxx null C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3996_none_e397b63725671b86\f\notepad.exe null 2024-06-13 07:41:37 feed
xxxxx null C:\Windows\WinSxS\amd64_microsoft-windows-notepad_31bf3856ad364e35_10.0.19041.3996_none_e397b63725671b86\r\notepad.exe null 2024-06-14 07:41:37 feed

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
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Assuming you have a way to uniquely identify your events, you could try something like this:

  • Read current data
  • Set a field to 1
  • Append previous data (setting field to 2)
  • Sum the field by unique id

Where sum is 3, the id exists in both data sets; where it is 2, it exists previous data set, where is 1 it only exists in current data set.

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