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How to use condition match to show a column when conditions match and omit the column when it doesn't in type dropdown ?
Hi All,
I am new to Splunk so I am not sure if I am doing this right.
For one of the use cases, I am trying to use a condition match in the type dropdown to make a column visible when the condition match and omit the column when it doesn't.
Below is the code I am using where I am creating a new token called cache_type_token and setting the value from the input token cache_type.
I am unable to understand if there's some issue with the token being set or the match condition.
<input type="dropdown" token="cache_type" searchWhenChanged="true">
<label>Choose which type of cache to view</label>
<choice value="*UTable-*">Utilisation Table</choice>
<choice value="ContextualLineCache*">Contextual Line Cache</choice>
<choice value="GlobalRuleCache*">Global Rule Cache</choice>
<choice value="RTLIM*">RTLIM</choice>
<choice value="BATCH*">BATCH</choice>
<choice value="COB*">COB</choice>
<choice value="EOM*">EOM</choice>
<choice value="*">ALL</choice>
<default>Utilisation Table</default>
<change>
<set token='cache_type_token'>$cache_type$</set>
<condition match=" $cache_type_token$ == "ContextualLineCache*" ">
<set token="cache_type_token">0</set>
</condition>
<condition match=" $cache_type_token$ != "ContextualLineCache*" ">
<set token="cache_type_token">cacheExpired</set>
</condition>
</change>
</input>
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I think you should use "eval token".
Here is a simplified example of your case:
<dashboard>
<label>Test</label>
<init>
<unset token="cache_type"></unset>
<unset token="cache_type_token"></unset>
</init>
<fieldset>
<input type="dropdown" token="cache_type" searchWhenChanged="true">
<change>
<condition match=" $cache_type$ == "ContextualLineCache*" ">
<eval token="cache_type_token">0</eval>
</condition>
<condition>
<eval token="cache_type_token">$cache_type$</eval>
</condition>
</change>
<label>Choose which type of cache to view</label>
<choice value="*UTable-*">Utilisation Table</choice>
<choice value="ContextualLineCache*">Contextual Line Cache</choice>
<choice value="GlobalRuleCache*">Global Rule Cache</choice>
<choice value="RTLIM*">RTLIM</choice>
<choice value="BATCH*">BATCH</choice>
<choice value="COB*">COB</choice>
<choice value="EOM*">EOM</choice>
<choice value="*">ALL</choice>
<default>Utilisation Table</default>
</input>
</fieldset>
<row>
<html>
cache_type: $cache_type$ cache_type_token: $cache_type_token$
</html>
</row>
</dashboard>
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@rroversThanks for your response. Actually, I was able to figure out what went wrong.
I was setting the token wrong outside of the condition tags.
<change>
<condition match=" $cache_type$ == "ContextualLineCache*" ">
<eval token="cache_type_token">0</eval>
</condition>
<condition>
<eval token="cache_type_token">cacheExpired</eval>
</condition>
</change>
I even tried your code and realised that using eval doesn't set the token rather makes it undefined. Also, since I was making changes in the panel init tags didn't work. Thanks again.
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