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Can you use __hecToken as a filter condition for the breaker?

  • March 11, 2025
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Shawn Cannon
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I am trying to create an event breaker to add to a HEC source. Can you use __hecToken as a filter condition for the breaker or does the breaker happen before that internal field gets added?

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Shawn Cannon
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  • March 11, 2025

I dont need this breaker to apply to all the data coming into this HEC source


short answer: breaker comes before the metadata fields


Shawn Cannon
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  • March 11, 2025

ok so i can use _raw.includes ?


Shawn Cannon
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  • March 11, 2025

or _raw.indexOf ?


yes


Shawn Cannon
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  • March 11, 2025

Thanks!


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  • March 11, 2025

In my experience i was able to use __hecToken as filter condition