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Transforms.conf and wildcard mask

rbw78
Communicator

Hi guys,

I'm using a lookup file matching on decades values field.
My goal is to make a chart with 5 columns, 4 with the main values and 1 with all the others aggregated together.

Here's the lookup file

N_vendor,vendor
java,java
adobe,adobe
microsoft,microsoft
mozilla,mozilla
*,Others

Here's the transforms.conf

[vendor_bis]
filename = vendor_bis.csv
min_matches = 1
default_match = Others
case_sensitive_match = false
match_type = WILDCARD(N_vendor)

The 4 first columns in my lookup file appears on the chart but not the last using a wildcard to make match the rest as "Others".
Did i'm missing something ?

Thanks.

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I wonder if the default match should not the be "*" ?

if this doesn't' work, you always can can use the fillnull command in the search

< mysearch > | < mylookup > | fillnull vendor value="Others" | stats count by vendor

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I wonder if the default match should not the be "*" ?

if this doesn't' work, you always can can use the fillnull command in the search

< mysearch > | < mylookup > | fillnull vendor value="Others" | stats count by vendor

yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Remark, if the field "N_vendor" do not exists in the original events, then the lookup will never return any values, and you have to use the "fillnull method"

If the field N_vendor exists, then you can use this type of default lookup result.

  • lookup file using "default" or any value instead of "*"

N_vendor,vendor
java,java
adobe,adobe
microsoft,microsoft
mozilla,mozilla
default,Others

- transforms.conf with

[vendor_bis]
filename = vendor_bis.csv
min_matches = 1
default_match = default
case_sensitive_match = false
match_type = WILDCARD(N_vendor)

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rbw78
Communicator

Well the fillnul function worked, not the transforms.conf modification.

Thanks for help yannK !

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