Splunk® Data Stream Processor

DSP Function Reference

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Drop Fields

Drop fields from a record. Use drop fields to drop one or more fields from each record. If you want to drop an entire record, use filter instead.

Function Input
collection<record<R>>
This function takes in collections of records with schema R.
Function Output
collection<record<S>>
This function outputs the same collection of records but with a different schema S.

Arguments

Argument Input Description UI example
fields collection<string> The name of the fields you want to drop in your record. You can use wild card characters in the field names. You cannot escape wild card characters. Dropping fields that have * in their name can produce unexpected behavior and should be avoided. host

DSL example

drop-fields (records, "host", "source"); 
Last modified on 31 October, 2019
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