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Why isn't version 6 picking this up as a field? User:

cdupuis123
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2013-10-25 10:49:33,Major,REMOVED,Allowed, - Caller MD5=61b1dfb9703d0d678e108e0156fcbb69,Create Process,Begin: 2013-10-25 10:49:19,End: 2013-10-25 10:49:19,Rule: This one is a splat | Watch these Executables,1568,C:/Program Files/VMware/VMware Tools/vmtoolsd.exe,0,No Module Name,C:/Windows/System32/net.exe,User: SYSTEM,Domain: WORKGROUP,Action Type:

My version 5 enviroment grabs it? Version 6 the fields are way less. Still a N00b on both releases, but trying to transform out data to the nullqueue is hard enough without the added complexity of not having a field... HELP!!!!

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yannK
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remark : you cannot use fields with nullQueue filtering, because the fields are extracted as search time, not at index time, You need a proper regex to define a filter for nullQueue.

at search time try :

* | rex "User: (?<User>\w+)" | table User _raw

at index time for the props for nullQueue try a simple

REGEX = User: SYSTEM

or a conditional

REGEX = User: (SYSTEM|MYOTHERUSER|MYOTHERUSERAGAIN)

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yannK
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if your question was answered, do not forget to mark the "accept check box". It will help the other users.

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cdupuis123
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Thanks yannK it made sense to me and fixed what I was looking for and trying to do! thanks

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

remark : you cannot use fields with nullQueue filtering, because the fields are extracted as search time, not at index time, You need a proper regex to define a filter for nullQueue.

at search time try :

* | rex "User: (?<User>\w+)" | table User _raw

at index time for the props for nullQueue try a simple

REGEX = User: SYSTEM

or a conditional

REGEX = User: (SYSTEM|MYOTHERUSER|MYOTHERUSERAGAIN)

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