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Simple way to turn multivalue field into a table?

alexander_lucas
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Is the a function that does this:

... | mvmap data (fname, lname, age, height) | table lname, age

(where data is a multivalue field)

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
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No. You probably need something like:

... | fields lname age | eval z=mvzip(lname,age,":") | mvexpand z | eval z=split(z,":") | eval lname=mvindex(z,0) | eval age=mvindex(z,1) | fields - z

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gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

No. You probably need something like:

... | fields lname age | eval z=mvzip(lname,age,":") | mvexpand z | eval z=split(z,":") | eval lname=mvindex(z,0) | eval age=mvindex(z,1) | fields - z
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