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anamolous86
Engager

So, I have just been introduced to this tool through my work. I had a question about how to link some search criteria. What I would like my search to do is search first by an IP address that I input, then link that IP address to a username, and finally give me a log of their activity within plus and minus two hours.
Thanks in advance!

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alanfinlay
Path Finder

Mapping userid to ip address is required so you need to determine how to get that data. You could perhaps monitor DHCP server logs. You could use lookup table - see Manager -> Lookups and have the mapping defined in a file, or you could have the mapping stored in a Database and use the DBConnect app.

Once you have that mapping you can build a search on the activity data based on userid from an input of ip address. I am not sure what you mean by plus or minus 2 hours. Do you input a time as well? Why not just specify a time range in the search?

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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
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anamolous86
Engager

Ah, great! The manual is going to be most helpful for me. Thank you!

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