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sravankaripe
Communicator

Help me with Rex

"keys":"values"

"SSOUSERDATA":"INDV=12345678|ONE|testd44|ABCD,ABCD_ABCDABCD"
"X-comGlobalSessionID":"Abcdef2OtOEWYEX0TA6B1KQ"
"X-comPrimaryIdentity":"12345678"
"X-comImpersonatedIdentity":"12345678"
"msgContentType":"Exception due to so and so"

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jkat54
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

...|extract kvdelim=":" pairdelim=" "

If that works in search, it can be done automatically in props.conf too

skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This would be the obvious choice, but OP said he wanted rex

skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

How about this?

... | rex \":\"(?<skoelpin>.+)(?=\")

Your fieldname will be skoelpin 🙂

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sravankaripe
Communicator

i want to retrive "INDV=12345678|ONE|testd44|ABCD,ABCD_ABCDABCD"
from the event. can you help me with rex.

"SSOUSERDATA":"INDV=12345678|ONE|testd44|ABCD,ABCD_ABCDABCD"

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

This will capture the value "INDV=12345678|ONE|testd44|ABCD,ABCD_ABCDABCD"

... | rex \":\"(?<skoelpin>.+)(?=\")

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