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christian75
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When i want to extract BiosMake fields with fields extraction.I have this error:
Error in 'rex' command
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aasabatini
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Hi @christian75 

please share a set of data and your rex expression because with less information we can't help

Regards

Ale

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christian75
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Thanks I have my answer 

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gcusello
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Hi @christian75,

good for you, see next time!

Ciao and happy splunking.

Giuseppe

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christian75
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Thanks I have my answer 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
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Hi @christian75,

at first what's your error? "Rex has exceeded configured match_limit"?

You are receiving this error becuase your regular expression takes a lot of steps to try and match your events.

Sharing your regex and a sample of your logs we'd help you.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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aasabatini
Motivator

Hi @christian75 

please share a set of data and your rex expression because with less information we can't help

Regards

Ale

“The answer is out there, Neo, and it’s looking for you, and it will find you if you want it to.”
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