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How to have fields from SQL table to populate dashboard drop-down?

dxw350
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I am trying to use the fields that are pulled from the SQL database that were enriched with Splunk DB Connect. When creating a dashboard drop-down list I am trying to replace the previous input of user names using " |inputlookup Employees.csv|search name " and instead replace with a search directly from the database itself. Any command to replace the inputlookup? I was thinking just the "|search name " would have worked, but it didn't

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woodcock
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You need the dbxquery command to pull directly from the DB, but depending on how often you will be doing this, I would advise against it. Generally the right thing to do is to use dbxquery | outputlookup in a daily/hourly/whatever scheduled search and then use |iinputlookup or |lookup in your dashboards, reports, and searches.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

You need the dbxquery command to pull directly from the DB, but depending on how often you will be doing this, I would advise against it. Generally the right thing to do is to use dbxquery | outputlookup in a daily/hourly/whatever scheduled search and then use |iinputlookup or |lookup in your dashboards, reports, and searches.

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