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Splitting columns into rows

greg_cox1979
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Hi Splunk Gurus,

I have an unusual requirement where I need to create two rows from one:

A | B | C |D | E

to

Row 1 - A | B | C | D
Row 2 - A | B | C | E

I think i could achieve this by using APPEND but the query is very complex so I dont want to have to run it twice unless maybe it can be referenced and then queried twice if that makes sense ?

Apologies in advance if I haven't made myself clear !

Thanks in advance,

Greg

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somesoni2
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Generally you could do something like this, but can't be sure whether this will work for your use-case or not. Try these out and if it doesn't work, possible share you current search

your current search giving field A B C D E
| eval data=mvappend(D,E) | fields - D E
| mvexpand data
| table A B C data

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Generally you could do something like this, but can't be sure whether this will work for your use-case or not. Try these out and if it doesn't work, possible share you current search

your current search giving field A B C D E
| eval data=mvappend(D,E) | fields - D E
| mvexpand data
| table A B C data
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greg_cox1979
New Member

Thanks so much that worked with a little tweak:

your current search giving field A B C D E
| eval data=mvappend(D,E)
| mvexpand data
| table A B C data

Cheers !
Greg

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niketn
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@greg_cox1979 greg_cplease accept Somesh Soni's answer if your issue is resolved.

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