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ajaysamantbms
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one of my field contains one big string as shown below

params={fl=doc_objectid,score&sort=doc_dateeffective+asc,doc_number+asc&start=0&q=((doc_name:"pd\-dir\-0017\+\(005220\)"^72)+AND+(doc_version:"2.0"))+AND++doc_docbase:QDOC_PD_DOCS_MIG^0.00001+AND+doc_objecttype:document^0.00001&rows=500}

Using rex expression i wanted to extract the value of doc_name which is embedded inside the params field - the value is equal to whatever comes in till we hit )

sourcetype = abc.log | fields params | rex "doc_name:<?mydocname>[]+\ - i tried this - its not working..wanted to extract it in mydocname and sort by that field

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bandit
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Does this work?

| rex "doc_name:\"(?<mydocname>[^+]+)"

You may also need to specify the field for the rex if it not coming from _raw like so.

| rex field=params "doc_name:\"(?<mydocname>[^+]+)"

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1206chandra
Explorer

| rex field=params ".((\w+:\"(?.)\"^.*"

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arihant16cse
Path Finder

please check it and it works on my machine

| rex field=params ".((\w+:\"(?.)\"^.*"

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arihant16cse
Path Finder

| rex field=_raw ".((\w+:\"(?.)\"^.*"

please try it......it is not hard coded......

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bandit
Motivator

Does this work?

| rex "doc_name:\"(?<mydocname>[^+]+)"

You may also need to specify the field for the rex if it not coming from _raw like so.

| rex field=params "doc_name:\"(?<mydocname>[^+]+)"

ajaysamantbms
Explorer

thanks it works for me..i could tweak it to change the field delimiter...thanks

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