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Missing events using dbxlookup

LH_SPLUNK
Explorer

Hi,
I'm using a dbxlookup.
While searching WITHOUT the lookup I get all events.
With the dbxlookup there are some events are missing, thus the dbxlookup isn't used in the first step.

All results:
index=main
| fields *
| search source=A
| search ANum=Number
| stats count

Missing results while using BDXLOOKUP
index=main
| fields *
| dbxlookup lookup=Lookup1
| search source=A
| search ANum=Number
| stats count

Thanks.
LH

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nikita_p
Contributor

Hi,
There are two ways to use dbxlookup command.

dbxlookup chunksize= lookup=
The argument refers to the lookup you defined in DB Connect UI.
From DB Connect 3.1.0, dbxlookup command allows users to declare Splunk fields/table column mapping directly in the options. The syntax is similar as lookup. Users do not have to create a lookup in UI before using it in dbxlookup command.

dbxlookup connection= query= chunksize= AS OUTPUT AS

Also go through the link below of splunk documentation
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/3.1.4/DeployDBX/Createandmanagedatabaselookups

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What events are missing?

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LH_SPLUNK
Explorer

Splunk cannot find events during the whole timespan.
-->Searching 7 days --> getting the results for 1 day

Searching day by day I get every event but the whole span --> missing events

I get an error sign under the search but no explanation. In the search.log the error is next to ChunkedExternProcessor

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

What is the full text of the ChunkedExternProcessor error message?

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