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compare two multivalue fields to get unique values in a third field

architkhanna
Path Finder

I have 2 multivalue collumns like below,giving two rows for example:

Collumn 1      collumn 2
A                           A
B                           C
C


A                            A
B                            B
A
C
C


i want a third column like this(having values of collumn1 which are in collumn 2)

Collumn 1      collumn 2        collumn 3
A                           A                                 A
B                           C                                 C
C


A                            A                                 A
B                            B                                 B
A                                                                A
C
C
 
Please note,Collumn 1 can be empty also.

Thanks in Advance.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

| makeresults
| eval Col1=split("ABC",""),Col2=split("AC","")
| appendpipe [eval Col1=split("ABACC",""), Col2=split("AB","")]
| streamstats count as session
| mvexpand Col1
| eval result=if(match(Col2,Col1),Col1,NULL)
| stats list(Col1) as Col1 values(Col2) as Col2 list(result) as result by session
| fields - session

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architkhanna
Path Finder

I am trying not to use mvexapnd in splunk8
Also I cannot use "makeresult" command since it has to be the first command in my search,which in my case is not.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion

I don't know what your query is.
It's a query that everyone can do.

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architkhanna
Path Finder

Query is what I have asked for and the sample values I have provided.
If you can understand well and good ,else Thanks for your time.

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