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On October 30, 2022, all 1.2.x versions of the Splunk Data Stream Processor will reach its end of support date. See the Splunk Software Support Policy for details.
Rename
This topic describes how to use the function in the .
Description
Use the rename function to rename one or more fields. If you want to rename fields with similar names, you can use a wildcard character.
- 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.
Syntax
The required syntax is in bold.
- rename
- <wc-source-field> AS <wc-target-field> ["," <wc-source-field> AS <wc-target-field>]...
Required arguments
- source-field
- Syntax: <string>
- Description: The name of a field in your data to rename. You can use a wild card character in the field name. Names with anything other than a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or the underscore ( _ ) character must be enclosed in single-quotation marks. This includes the wildcard character ( * ).
- target-field
- Syntax: AS <string>
- Description: The name you want to use as the replacement name for the field. You can use a wild card character in the field name. Names with anything other than a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or the underscore ( _ ) character must be enclosed in single-quotation marks. This includes the wildcard character ( * ).
SPL2 example
When working in the SPL View, you can write the function by providing the arguments in this exact order.
The following example renames the time field to timestamp.
...|rename time AS timestamp |...;
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Data Stream Processor: 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1-patch02, 1.2.1, 1.2.2-patch02, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6
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