topic Multiline macro writing format problem in Getting Data In

Multiline macro writing format problem

crazyeva — Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:30:40 GMT

*emphasized text*i was defining a macro search
writing the search each pipe in one line like:
xxxx
|aaa
|bbb
|ccc
it failed to work.
but when i put them all in one line: xxxx|aaa|bbb|ccc, it worked
the error information was:
"Error in 'eval' command: Failed to parse the provided arguments. Usage: eval dest_key = expression"
i tried to locate the problem, maybe a subsearch caused this error:
xxxx
|eval [search xxx
|return i]
|xxxx
which writing in one line will result as "xxxx|eval i=something|xxxx"
but "i" was not actually returned in multi-line mode.
is that bug? or macro search is not suggested to multiline way?

Re: Multiline macro writing format problem

crazyeva — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 11:57:41 GMT

by the way, "xxx|bucket _time span=30m|xxx" works well in oneline, but goes wrong in multi lines, unless change it a little: "xxx|bucket span=30m _time|xxx"

Re: Multiline macro writing format problem

yannK — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 16:26:32 GMT

There is a bug in the macro when it is saved in the config file, unable to handle the linebreak char after a function. Go oneliner or finish the line with a pipe.

Re: Multiline macro writing format problem

crazyeva — Tue, 06 Aug 2013 23:10:21 GMT

Thank you.

Re: Multiline macro writing format problem

phoenixdigital — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 04:56:14 GMT

Is this bug ever going to be fixed?

I have some very complex macros that are much easier to read and edit when they are split over multiple lines?

Edit: I tried the finish each line with a pipe but that didnt seem to work.

Re: Multiline macro writing format problem

yannK — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 18:06:58 GMT

This is planned to be fixed in next patch version (likely 6.0.1 and 5.0.6). See SPL-72399 in the changelog once released for details.