https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/format-command-using-up-memory/m-p/185074#M53333 <P>I got a simple search which uses format command and I noticed that the search uses up much more memory than when I don't have any format command. Is this expected behavior ?</P> Mon, 11 May 2015 05:24:14 GMT cwl 2015-05-11T05:24:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/format-command-using-up-memory/m-p/185074#M53333 <P>I got a simple search which uses format command and I noticed that the search uses up much more memory than when I don't have any format command. Is this expected behavior ?</P> Mon, 11 May 2015 05:24:14 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/format-command-using-up-memory/m-p/185074#M53333 cwl 2015-05-11T05:24:14Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/format-command-using-up-memory/m-p/185075#M53334 <P>format take double the memory of results due to formatting. To limit memory usage add maxresults in search query. This will limit the number of results to return. <BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/format">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/format</A></P> Mon, 11 May 2015 05:24:48 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/format-command-using-up-memory/m-p/185075#M53334 cwl 2015-05-11T05:24:48Z