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Which user is running search ?

maitrifer
Engager

Hi All, I have a requirement I wanted to check which user is running a search. I need help in SPL query to get user and search details.

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vikramyadav
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index=_audit action=search sourcetype=audittrail search_id=* NOT (user=splunk-system-user) search!="'typeahead*"
| rex "search\=\'(search|\s+)\s(?P<search>[\n\S\s]+?(?=\'))"
| rex field=search "sourcetype\s*=\s*\"*(?<SourcetypeUsed>[^\s\"]+)"
| rex field=search "index\s*=\s*\"*(?<IndexUsed>[^\s\"]+)"
| stats latest(_time) as Latest by user search SourcetypeUsed IndexUsed
| convert ctime(Latest)

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If this helps your like will be appreciated😊

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vikramyadav
Contributor

index=_audit action=search sourcetype=audittrail search_id=* NOT (user=splunk-system-user) search!="'typeahead*"
| rex "search\=\'(search|\s+)\s(?P<search>[\n\S\s]+?(?=\'))"
| rex field=search "sourcetype\s*=\s*\"*(?<SourcetypeUsed>[^\s\"]+)"
| rex field=search "index\s*=\s*\"*(?<IndexUsed>[^\s\"]+)"
| stats latest(_time) as Latest by user search SourcetypeUsed IndexUsed
| convert ctime(Latest)

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If this helps your like will be appreciated😊

thambisetty
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
index=_audit action=search | stats earliest(user) as user ,earliest(search) as search by search_id
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