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Using the transaction command, why are events from the same directory not collated when they took place at the same time?

sameeripro
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I am using the transaction command, but the events are not collated when they took place at the same time and directory

eventtype=ossec integrity HKEY NOT tag::eventtype=noise | transaction reporting_host,file_dirname 

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

It looks like you have bad line-breaking.. If this is the case, then you should fix it at the index level compared to using a transaction command at the search level to maximize performance. Is the current line-breaking correct?

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