topic Re: loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? in Splunk Search https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162715#M46177 <P>Yes, the loadjob command has an issue with colons. Not sure about any other characters. It would be nice to have this documented so I can name my searches in a manner that they can be used with the loadjob command.</P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:38:55 GMT the_wolverine 2013-12-16T21:38:55Z loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162712#M46174 <P>I've got a saved search name with colons, like this:</P> <P>savedsearch_name="Mysearch: has a colon"</P> <P>The loadjob command doesn't seem to like it and I can't figure out how to make it work other than to rename my search to something without spaces:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>" | loadjob "admin:search:Mysearch:<BR /> has a colon"</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Splunk (5.0.3) reports:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>"Error in 'loadjob' command: Option<BR /> 'savedsearch_name=admin:search:Mysearch:<BR /> has a colon' is invalid.</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 18:41:53 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162712#M46174 the_wolverine 2013-12-02T18:41:53Z Re: loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162713#M46175 <P>I believe renaming is the only options here. It seems loadjob doesn't support object name containing colon or semicolon. Spaces works fine.</P> Mon, 02 Dec 2013 21:09:34 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162713#M46175 somesoni2 2013-12-02T21:09:34Z Re: loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162714#M46176 <P>Agreeing with @somesoni2, spaces should not be a problem in loadjob. Try it without the colon. I use dashes in my saved searches .</P> Tue, 03 Dec 2013 15:06:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162714#M46176 laserval 2013-12-03T15:06:04Z Re: loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162715#M46177 <P>Yes, the loadjob command has an issue with colons. Not sure about any other characters. It would be nice to have this documented so I can name my searches in a manner that they can be used with the loadjob command.</P> Mon, 16 Dec 2013 21:38:55 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162715#M46177 the_wolverine 2013-12-16T21:38:55Z Re: loadjob command has issues with colons in my saved search name? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162716#M46178 <P>filed a bug with Splunk.</P> Thu, 26 Mar 2015 04:38:03 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/loadjob-command-has-issues-with-colons-in-my-saved-search-name/m-p/162716#M46178 the_wolverine 2015-03-26T04:38:03Z