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field extraction with Regular expression giving inconsistent results

ayadav38
Engager

Hey there,

I  created a field extraction from UI,using regular expression method,where regular expression got created automatically,but when is use that extracted field in my search,most values for that field are null where in they are available in raw data

here`s my raw data and i need to extract the value of medicareId(which is combination of letters and numbers).please advise,any help appreciated.

Message Started processing in Async: MtmCaseActivity(clinicalProgramName=sample, identificationDate=sample, caseID=sample, branding=sample, cycleYear=2021, status=Closed, closingDate=sample, workedBy=sample, reworkReason=, fulfillmentId=, identifiers=MtmCaseIdentifierDto(externalMemberId=null, carrierId=sample, accountId=sample, groupId=sample, memberId=sample, medicareId=sample, contractId=sample, pbp=sample), memberDemographics=MtmMemberDemographicsDto(memberFirstName=sample, memberLastName=sample, memberDOB=sample, memberAddress1=sample, memberAddress2=, memberCity=sample, memberState=sample, memberZip=sample, patientGender=F), eligibility=MtmEligibilityDto(effectiveDate=sample, termDate=sample), consultationDetails=null)

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @ayadav38 ,

I usually manually modify the regexes extracted with the Field Extractor!

so, please, try this:

| rex "medicareId\=(?<medicareId>[^,]+)"

That you can test at https://regex101.com/r/9Xt6Tx/1

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @ayadav38 ,

I usually manually modify the regexes extracted with the Field Extractor!

so, please, try this:

| rex "medicareId\=(?<medicareId>[^,]+)"

That you can test at https://regex101.com/r/9Xt6Tx/1

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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