Rename dropdown fields

nebel — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:43:22 GMT

Hi there,

I am populating a drop down menu with a lookup file. The lookup file contains the sourcetype and a simple translation into better words. To goal is to make it simple for user who don't know the sourcetypes. The just choose the "easy word" and in the background the sourcetype is the token for the searches.

In my lookup file there are both values, means the sourcetype and the "easy words".
How can I populate the drop down with the "easy words" but in the background I can give the search the sourcetype?

<fieldset>
      <input type="dropdown" token="sourcetype" searchWhenChanged="true">
          <label>Select OS</label>
          <default>localhost</default>
          <populatingSearch fieldForValue="sourcetype" fieldForLabel="sourcetype">| inputlookup translation | table sourcetype</populatingSearch>

Re: Rename dropdown fields

lguinn2 — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:47:32 GMT

Change your populating search to

<populatingSearch fieldForValue="sourcetype" fieldForLabel="XYZ">| inputlookup translation | table sourcetype XYZ</populatingSearch>

Replace XYZ with the name of the field in the lookup table that contains the "easy words."

Re: Rename dropdown fields

nebel — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 13:12:35 GMT

thank you very much 🙂

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