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    <title>topic how to fix error &amp;quot;The external search command 'xmlkv' did not return events in descending time order, as expected&amp;quot;? in Dashboards &amp; Visualizations</title>
    <link>https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/how-to-fix-error-quot-The-external-search-command-xmlkv-did-not/m-p/470816#M30908</link>
    <description>&lt;P&gt;I am getting error as ** "The external search command 'xmlkv' did not return events in descending time order, as expected"** along with my search results.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Dashboard functionality works as expected and search results are getting displayed. Please find the code snippet for one panel for reference and suggest. There are 6 panels altogether with different queries.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;lt;form script="SBT.js" refresh="320"&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;label&amp;gt;SBT &amp;lt;/label&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;search id="baseSearch"&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;query&amp;gt;
             source="log.2020-05-08"
          | rex field=_raw "((?&amp;lt;LogType&amp;gt;(\w*))\s(?&amp;lt;MsgCode&amp;gt;(\d+))\s((([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9]))\s(?&amp;lt;TimeStamp&amp;gt;(\d{8}\s\d{6}))\s(?&amp;lt;TextMsg&amp;gt;([\w\s.:,/()]*)))"
         | rex field=number "(?&amp;lt;Number&amp;gt;([\d]*))/\d"
         | xmlkv maxinputs=10000
         | rename "SBT-type" as Mtracktype "SBT-exception-code" as MTrackECode
         | eval LogTimeStamp=strftime(strptime(TimeStamp,"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"),"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S %p")
         | sort -LogTimeStamp      
             &amp;lt;/query&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;/search&amp;gt;

    &amp;lt;fieldset submitButton="true" autoRun="false"&amp;gt;

    &amp;lt;input type="text" token="SBTNo" depends="$tknNoPanel$" searchWhenChanged="false"&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;label&amp;gt;SBT Number&amp;lt;/label&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;default&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/default&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;change&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;condition value=""&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;set token="SBTNo"&amp;gt;*&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;/condition&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;/change&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;/input&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;/fieldset&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;row&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;panel depends="$tknNoPanel$"&amp;gt;

      &amp;lt;title&amp;gt; Results &amp;lt;/title&amp;gt;

          &amp;lt;html depends="$export_button$"&amp;gt;
           &amp;lt;a class="btn btn-primary" role="button" href="/api/search/jobs/$export_sid$/results?isDownload=true&amp;amp;amp;timeFormat=%25FT%25T.%25Q%25%3Az&amp;amp;amp;maxLines=0&amp;amp;amp;count=0&amp;amp;amp;filename=input_CSVExport&amp;amp;amp;outputMode=csv"&amp;gt;Export&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;        

            &amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;table id="table1"&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;search base="baseSearch"&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;query&amp;gt;
    search (SBTnumber=$SBTNo$ OR Number=$SBTNo$ OR type=$SBTNo$ OR AWB=$SBTNo$)

    |  table LogType LogTimeStamp  Msg SBTtype  SBTnumber

    &amp;lt;/query&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;done&amp;gt;
                &amp;lt;set token="export_sid"&amp;gt;$job.sid$&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
                &amp;lt;set token="export_button"&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;/done&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;/search&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="count"&amp;gt;100&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="dataOverlayMode"&amp;gt;none&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="drilldown"&amp;gt;none&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="percentagesRow"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="rowNumbers"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="totalsRow"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="wrap"&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;/panel&amp;gt;
                    &amp;lt;/row&amp;gt;
                    &amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
    <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
    <dc:creator>rarangarajanspl</dc:creator>
    <dc:date>2020-06-07T23:33:02Z</dc:date>
    <item>
      <title>how to fix error "The external search command 'xmlkv' did not return events in descending time order, as expected"?</title>
      <link>https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/how-to-fix-error-quot-The-external-search-command-xmlkv-did-not/m-p/470816#M30908</link>
      <description>&lt;P&gt;I am getting error as ** "The external search command 'xmlkv' did not return events in descending time order, as expected"** along with my search results.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;P&gt;Dashboard functionality works as expected and search results are getting displayed. Please find the code snippet for one panel for reference and suggest. There are 6 panels altogether with different queries.&lt;/P&gt;
&lt;PRE&gt;&lt;CODE&gt;&amp;lt;form script="SBT.js" refresh="320"&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;label&amp;gt;SBT &amp;lt;/label&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;search id="baseSearch"&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;query&amp;gt;
             source="log.2020-05-08"
          | rex field=_raw "((?&amp;lt;LogType&amp;gt;(\w*))\s(?&amp;lt;MsgCode&amp;gt;(\d+))\s((([a-zA-Z0-9]|[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9\-]*[a-zA-Z0-9])\.)*([A-Za-z0-9]|[A-Za-z0-9][A-Za-z0-9\-]*[A-Za-z0-9]))\s(?&amp;lt;TimeStamp&amp;gt;(\d{8}\s\d{6}))\s(?&amp;lt;TextMsg&amp;gt;([\w\s.:,/()]*)))"
         | rex field=number "(?&amp;lt;Number&amp;gt;([\d]*))/\d"
         | xmlkv maxinputs=10000
         | rename "SBT-type" as Mtracktype "SBT-exception-code" as MTrackECode
         | eval LogTimeStamp=strftime(strptime(TimeStamp,"%Y%m%d%H%M%S"),"%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S %p")
         | sort -LogTimeStamp      
             &amp;lt;/query&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;/search&amp;gt;

    &amp;lt;fieldset submitButton="true" autoRun="false"&amp;gt;

    &amp;lt;input type="text" token="SBTNo" depends="$tknNoPanel$" searchWhenChanged="false"&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;label&amp;gt;SBT Number&amp;lt;/label&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;default&amp;gt;&amp;lt;/default&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;change&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;condition value=""&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;set token="SBTNo"&amp;gt;*&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;/condition&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;/change&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;/input&amp;gt;
    &amp;lt;/fieldset&amp;gt;
      &amp;lt;row&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;panel depends="$tknNoPanel$"&amp;gt;

      &amp;lt;title&amp;gt; Results &amp;lt;/title&amp;gt;

          &amp;lt;html depends="$export_button$"&amp;gt;
           &amp;lt;a class="btn btn-primary" role="button" href="/api/search/jobs/$export_sid$/results?isDownload=true&amp;amp;amp;timeFormat=%25FT%25T.%25Q%25%3Az&amp;amp;amp;maxLines=0&amp;amp;amp;count=0&amp;amp;amp;filename=input_CSVExport&amp;amp;amp;outputMode=csv"&amp;gt;Export&amp;lt;/a&amp;gt;        

            &amp;lt;/html&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;table id="table1"&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;search base="baseSearch"&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;query&amp;gt;
    search (SBTnumber=$SBTNo$ OR Number=$SBTNo$ OR type=$SBTNo$ OR AWB=$SBTNo$)

    |  table LogType LogTimeStamp  Msg SBTtype  SBTnumber

    &amp;lt;/query&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;done&amp;gt;
                &amp;lt;set token="export_sid"&amp;gt;$job.sid$&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
                &amp;lt;set token="export_button"&amp;gt;1&amp;lt;/set&amp;gt;
              &amp;lt;/done&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;/search&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="count"&amp;gt;100&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="dataOverlayMode"&amp;gt;none&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="drilldown"&amp;gt;none&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="percentagesRow"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="rowNumbers"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="totalsRow"&amp;gt;false&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
            &amp;lt;option name="wrap"&amp;gt;true&amp;lt;/option&amp;gt;
          &amp;lt;/table&amp;gt;
        &amp;lt;/panel&amp;gt;
                    &amp;lt;/row&amp;gt;
                    &amp;lt;/form&amp;gt;
&lt;/CODE&gt;&lt;/PRE&gt;</description>
      <pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2020 23:33:02 GMT</pubDate>
      <guid>https://community.splunk.com/t5/Dashboards-Visualizations/how-to-fix-error-quot-The-external-search-command-xmlkv-did-not/m-p/470816#M30908</guid>
      <dc:creator>rarangarajanspl</dc:creator>
      <dc:date>2020-06-07T23:33:02Z</dc:date>
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