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nomv

Synopsis

Changes a specified multi-value field into a single-value field at search time.

Syntax

nomv field

Description

Converts values of the specified multi-valued field into one single value (overrides multi-value field configurations set in fields.conf).

Examples

Example 1: For sendmail events, combine the values of the senders field into a single value; then, display the top 10 values.

eventtype="sendmail" | nomv senders | top senders

See also

makemv, mvcombine, mvexpand, convert

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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.0 , 4.0.1 , 4.0.2 , 4.0.3 , 4.0.4 , 4.0.5 , 4.0.6 , 4.0.7 , 4.0.8 , 4.0.9 , 4.0.10 , 4.0.11 View the Article History for its revisions.


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