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How does automatic key=value extraction works?

tpaulsen
Contributor

Hello,

we have a logfile that contains key=value pairs.
Usually Splunks automatic field extraction is working fine and is showing the fields. But...when i want to do a search like e.g. this:

source="/var/opt/tomcat/logs/san.log" tag="*"

Splunk tells me, that the field "tag" doesn´t exist.

But when i use:

source="/var/opt/tomcat/logs/san.log" | search tag="whateverilookfor*"

i get the results as wished but also a message on top of the window saying:

Encountered an unexpected error while
parsing intentions.

What is happening here and how can i avoid this?

1 Solution

kristian_kolb
Ultra Champion

tag is probably a reserved word, since it refers to tagging of information. See the Knowledge Manager section in the docs.

Maybe that only applies when it comes before the first pipe. However, I believe that

source="/var/opt/tomcat/logs/san.log" "tag=*"

would give you what you want, i.e. enclosing the statement in double quotes.

Hope this helps,

Kristian

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kristian_kolb
Ultra Champion

tag is probably a reserved word, since it refers to tagging of information. See the Knowledge Manager section in the docs.

Maybe that only applies when it comes before the first pipe. However, I believe that

source="/var/opt/tomcat/logs/san.log" "tag=*"

would give you what you want, i.e. enclosing the statement in double quotes.

Hope this helps,

Kristian

tpaulsen
Contributor

Thank you Kristian, that was exactly the problem. Tag is a reserved word, so it shouldn´t be used in the Logevent as a fieldname. We change the fieldname to ltag, now it is working. Best, Thomas

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