https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/510398#M4651 <P class="lia-align-left">It's not working for me. Maybe something changed since 2016?</P> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:56:49 GMT duartet 2020-07-22T10:56:49Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/274146#M2422 <P>Hi,</P> <P>i have defined macro like <CODE>services($searchterm$,$mng$,$fng$)</CODE></P> <P>how can we write validation expression? if we don't mention <CODE>$searchterm$</CODE> while searching, it displays with validation message.</P> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 19:33:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/274146#M2422 rajgowd1 2016-12-07T19:33:53Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/274147#M2423 <P>Try this</P> <PRE><CODE>Validation expression: isnotnull($searchterm$) Validation error message: The search term value that you have provided is not valid. Enter a valid search term. </CODE></PRE> Wed, 07 Dec 2016 20:36:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/274147#M2423 sundareshr 2016-12-07T20:36:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/510398#M4651 <P class="lia-align-left">It's not working for me. Maybe something changed since 2016?</P> Wed, 22 Jul 2020 10:56:49 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Knowledge-Management/How-to-write-a-validation-expression-for-a-macro/m-p/510398#M4651 duartet 2020-07-22T10:56:49Z