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help on a field rename in a subsearch

jip31
Motivator

hi

I use the subsearch below in order to match host in host.csv with host in the index
But in the index, the host field is called USERNAME
So I am doing a rename in my subsearch but I am unable to match with the index events
what is the problem please??

[| inputlookup host.csv 
    | table host| rename host as USERNAME ] index=A sourcetype=wireless USERNAME=TOTA
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DavidHourani
Super Champion

Hi @jip31,

Maybe USERNAME=TOTA is causing the problem as it only filters on TOTA. Try it as follows :

index=A sourcetype=wireless   [| inputlookup host.csv | table host| rename host as USERNAME ] 

If you want to enrich your data with the lookup then this should do :

index=A sourcetype=wireless  | lookup host.csv host AS USERNAME

Best regards,
David

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DavidHourani
Super Champion

Hi @jip31,

Maybe USERNAME=TOTA is causing the problem as it only filters on TOTA. Try it as follows :

index=A sourcetype=wireless   [| inputlookup host.csv | table host| rename host as USERNAME ] 

If you want to enrich your data with the lookup then this should do :

index=A sourcetype=wireless  | lookup host.csv host AS USERNAME

Best regards,
David

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jip31
Motivator

thanks to you

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chrispounds
Explorer

I think you need to place the search before the lookup, so it would look something like this

index-A sourcetype=wireless USERNAME=TOTA [inputlookup host.csv | table host | rename host as USERNAME]

See if that works perhaps?

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jip31
Motivator

its not working...

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