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regex works on regex101 but not splunk

samneo
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Im trying to get a regex to work in splunk that works in regex101

Im using the below regex

\b(a_msg)\b[^"]+"([^"]*)"

this will extract everything after a_msg field and in between the "". I want to save this as a field extraction. Any idea how i can get this to work?

example data

{"log":"a_level=\"INFO\", a_time=\"2021-09-17 07:33:35,210\",  a_msg=\"CommissionRouteType: Client / clientId: 111/ planId: 111 / PolicyBusinessId: 111\","level":"info"}

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@samneo 

Can you please try this?

\b(a_msg)\b[^\"]+\"(?<a_msg>[^\"]*)\"

 

My Sample Code:

| makeresults | eval _raw="{\"log\":\"a_level=\\\"INFO\\\", a_time=\\\"2021-09-17 07:33:35,210\\\",  a_msg=\\\"CommissionRouteType: Client / clientId: 111/ planId: 111 / PolicyBusinessId: 111\\\",\"level\":\"info\"}" |rex field=_raw "\b(a_msg)\b[^\"]+\"(?<a_msg>[^\"]*)\""

 

Link:

https://regex101.com/r/ZDYHZM/1

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KV
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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@samneo 

Can you please share your sample data and configurations you are using?

KV

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samneo
Path Finder

@kamlesh_vaghela Added to original post. There is no special configuration, i just want to be able to add it into field extraction via ui. We have splunk managed cloud so cannot amend from props.conf or any other backend

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@samneo 

Can you please try this?

\b(a_msg)\b[^\"]+\"(?<a_msg>[^\"]*)\"

 

My Sample Code:

| makeresults | eval _raw="{\"log\":\"a_level=\\\"INFO\\\", a_time=\\\"2021-09-17 07:33:35,210\\\",  a_msg=\\\"CommissionRouteType: Client / clientId: 111/ planId: 111 / PolicyBusinessId: 111\\\",\"level\":\"info\"}" |rex field=_raw "\b(a_msg)\b[^\"]+\"(?<a_msg>[^\"]*)\""

 

Link:

https://regex101.com/r/ZDYHZM/1

Thanks
KV
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If any of my reply helps you to solve the problem Or gain knowledge, an upvote would be appreciated.

samneo
Path Finder

this works perfectly,

thanks @kamlesh_vaghela 

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