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iconify

Description

Causes Splunk Web to display an icon for each different value in the list of fields that you specify.

The iconify command adds a field named _icon to each event. This field is the hash value for the event. Within Splunk Web, a different icon for each unique value in the field is displayed in the events list. If multiple fields are listed, the UI displays a different icon for each unique combination of the field values.

Syntax

iconify <field-list>

Required arguments

field-list
Syntax: <field>...
Description: Comma or space-delimited list of fields. You cannot specify a wildcard character in the field list.

Usage

The iconify command is a distributable streaming command. See Command types.

Examples

1. Display a different icon for each eventtype

... | iconify eventtype

2. Display a different icon for unique pairs of field values

Display a different icon for unique pair of clientip and method values.

... | iconify clientip method

Here is how Splunk Web displays the results in your Events List:

Iconify example.png

See also

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Last modified on 13 November, 2021
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud Platform: 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201, 8.2.2202, 8.2.2203, 9.0.2205, 9.0.2208, 9.0.2209, 9.0.2303, 9.0.2305, 9.1.2308, 9.1.2312, 9.2.2403 (latest FedRAMP release), 9.2.2406


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