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Asset and identity fields after processing in Splunk Enterprise Security

The following tables describe the fields that exist in the asset and identity lookups after Splunk Enterprise Security finishes processing the source lookup files. These fields are the fields present in the lookups that store merged asset and identity data. See Lookups that store merged asset and identity data in Splunk Enterprise Security.

The tables below list the default asset and identity fields in the KV store collections after the merge process completes. However, take note that it is possible to revise fields from multivalue to single, and tag or untag fields. It is also possible to add custom fields.

Asset fields after processing

Asset fields of the asset lookup after the saved searches perform the merge process.

Field Action taken by ETL
bunit unchanged
city unchanged
country unchanged
dns Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
lat unchanged
long unchanged
mac Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
nt_host Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
owner unchanged
priority unchanged
asset_id Generated from the values of dns, ip, mac, and nt_host fields.
asset_tag By default, generated from the values of category, pci_domain, is_expected, should_timesync, should_update, requires_av, and bunit fields. Also custom generated from assets that have been tagged. See Asset Settings.
category Appends "pci" if the value contains "cardholder". Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
ip Validates and splits the field into CIDR subnets as necessary. Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
pci_domain Appends "trust" or "untrust" based on certain field values. Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
is_expected Normalized to a boolean.
should_timesync Normalized to a boolean.
should_update Normalized to a boolean.
requires_av Normalized to a boolean.
asset Generated by the ip, mac, nt_host, and dns fields after the original fields are transformed.

Identity fields after processing

Identity fields of the identity lookup after the saved searches perform the merge process.

Field Action taken by ETL
bunit unchanged
email unchanged
endDate unchanged
first unchanged
last unchanged
managedBy unchanged
nick unchanged
phone unchanged, multivalue
prefix unchanged
priority unchanged
startDate unchanged
suffix unchanged
work_city unchanged
work_country unchanged
work_lat unchanged
work_long unchanged
watchlist Normalized to a boolean.
category Appends "pci" if the value contains "cardholder". Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
identity Generated based on values in the input row and conventions specified in the Identity Lookup Configuration. Accepts all values and converts them to a multi-value field.
identity_id Generated from the values of identity, first, last, and email.
identity_tag By default, generated from the values of bunit, category, and watchlist. Also custom generated from assets that have been tagged. See Identity Settings.
Last modified on 20 October, 2020
Lookups that store merged asset and identity data in Splunk Enterprise Security   Test the asset and identity merge process in Splunk Enterprise Security

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk® Enterprise Security: 6.0.1, 6.0.2, 6.1.0, 6.1.1, 6.2.0


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