Dynamic dropdown for a dashboard issue: "Error in 'search' command: Unable to parse the search

[brajaram]

Hi, I'm trying my first attempt at building a dynamic dropdown for a dashboard, and I'm having an issue with the input.

I've set up the dynamic inputs appropriately, as I see the dropdown menu correctly on the dashboard overall. All the possible dropdown options are the exact values I want.

However, when I try to populate the dashboard with the appropriate panel, it gives me the error "Error in 'search' command: Unable to parse the search: Comparator '=' is missing a term on the right hand side.

My search looks as follows: index=<> sourcetype=<> pageURL!="" pageURL=<"URL"> | stats count by source

Doing this search populates the results in the manner I want it to, assuming the URL I put into pageURL is accurate. However, when I replace pageURL with the field '$Page_URL$', which is the name of the dynamic input, it throws that error.

If I instead use pageURL="$Page_URL$" the comparator error is not thrown, but the dashboard panel fails to update to any value and is blank.

[mayurr98 · Accepted solution]

How are you passing the input
Through filters?

Then you need to depend your token on that token
You this link to depend on input filter
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.6.3/Viz/tokens
Also refer

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/188709/how-to-display-dashboard-panels-dynamically.html

[brajaram]

I was just passing a simple filter. I created a filter by first creating a new dashboard, and then selecting new input(dropdown). I went through that and created a search query for a table of values that I want to populate the filter with. It seems to be working as intended, as the dropdown filter has all the appropriate selections.

I then clicked on new panel, and tried to write the query I posted above using the token name.

The documentation you referred me to has helped, however...thanks for linking that. Its working(ish) now in that I can populate results. Thanks!

[mayurr98]

Let me know if it works!