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Example: Simple XML using PostProcess?

the_wolverine
Champion

Can someone post a simple example? The documentation uses Advanced XML as the example: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.0.5/AdvancedDev/PostProcess

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Raghav2384
Motivator

Hey, here's a simple syntax

<!-- My parent search -->
<search id="xyz">
  <query>.....|stats count by a,b,c,d,e,f,_time</query>
</search>
<!-- post processing reference -->
<chart>
  <search base="xyz">
    <query> timechart count by a span=15m</query>
  </search>
</chart>
<chart>
  <search base="xyz">
    <query>chart count over a by b</query>
  </search>
</chart>

Hope this helps!

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s2_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

From the Splunk 6.x Dashboard Examples app here:

<form>
  <label>Post Process Search</label>
  <description>Each panel post processes the base search through a separate search pipeline.</description>
  <searchTemplate>index=_internal | head 1000</searchTemplate>
  <fieldset autoRun="true" submitButton="false">
    <input type="time" searchWhenChanged="true">
      <default>
        <earliestTime>-24h</earliestTime>
        <latestTime>now</latestTime>
      </default>
    </input>
  </fieldset>
  <row>
    <chart>
      <title>Events over Time</title>
      <searchPostProcess>timechart count</searchPostProcess>
      <option name="charting.chart">column</option>
    </chart>
    <table>
      <title>Top Sourcetypes</title>
      <searchPostProcess>top limit=100 sourcetype | eval percent = round(percent,2)</searchPostProcess>
      <option name="displayRowNumbers">true</option>
    </table>
  </row>
</form>

skawasaki_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

FYI this is the syntax for Splunk 6.0 and 6.1, which only allowed one base search. Splunk 6.2 allows multiple base search (distinguished by ids).

Raghav2384
Motivator

Hey, here's a simple syntax

<!-- My parent search -->
<search id="xyz">
  <query>.....|stats count by a,b,c,d,e,f,_time</query>
</search>
<!-- post processing reference -->
<chart>
  <search base="xyz">
    <query> timechart count by a span=15m</query>
  </search>
</chart>
<chart>
  <search base="xyz">
    <query>chart count over a by b</query>
  </search>
</chart>

Hope this helps!

raj_mpl
Path Finder

with global and local time inputs the post processing mechanism not working .. why ?

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the_wolverine
Champion

FYI: This syntax is only supported in Splunk 6.2+

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