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parse and index json fields from string message

vashodha
Loves-to-Learn Lots

Hello,

I have log in the format 

"2021-02-18T16:17:12,189Z [main] INFO logname -streamstart-k1:V1,K2:V2,K3:V3,streamstop, <ADDIITONAL DATA>"  i want to parse out json elements k1:v1 etc thats between  "-streamstart" and streamstop

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b4badri
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Try this

rex "streamstart(?<myvariable>(.*)(?=streamstop))"

 

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vashodha
Loves-to-Learn Lots

it does the job but still dosent index the fields its extracted it out to the variable  can we somehow index these csv values

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vashodha
Loves-to-Learn Lots

This gives me what i want but i am unable to index it in splunk 

(?<=streamstart-).*?(?=streamstop)

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b4badri
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Hi @vashodha 

Yes. Data extracted using rex in the search time will only be available for the search. You need to follow series of steps based on your Splunk solution for creating fields at Index time.

Please refer the below article.

Create custom fields at index time - Splunk Documentation

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