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Take the first value of each multivalue field

sbsbb
Builder

I have a big xml I wan't to make flat :

element1
...
subelement1
 subelement1.1
 subelement1.2
subelement2
 subelement2.1
 subelement2.2

If I make an spath, let say at subelement, I have all the subelements as multivalue.
With nomv, I'm able to convert mvfields into singlevalue, but the content contains all the values...
What I want, is having only the first value from the mvfields...

I have lot of them, so I don't wan't to make an spath, with a path for each...

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kristian_kolb
Ultra Champion
... | eval my_number_1 = mvindex(my_multivalue_field, 0)

See more about the mv*() functions here;

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/CommonEvalFunctions

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kristian_kolb
Ultra Champion
... | eval my_number_1 = mvindex(my_multivalue_field, 0)

See more about the mv*() functions here;

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/CommonEvalFunctions

/K

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