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In a query being saved to a dashboard panel, how do I escape the Start of Header (SOH) character?

kechem
New Member

Hello.

I've got a query that i'm trying to save as a Dashboard Panel. I have used the SOH character in my query and this is causing the below errors when saving. Could anyone advise please?

Argument 'eai:data' contains invalid character : ...

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p3t3rm00r3
New Member

You're better off cleaning the data first;

you can do this at the sourcetype level in the props.conf by adding;

SEDCMD-ccremove=s/\x01/|/g

Or at the search line with

rex mode="sed" "s/\x01/|/g"

That will replace your fix SOH with a pipe delimiter. You can then use an | extract pairdelim="|" kvdelim="="

this will automatically extract your kv pairs

or you can replace the SOH in your rex with \W (rex for not a word character) so..
"\W455=(\w+)"

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p3t3rm00r3
New Member

It's better to clean the data first;

Put this in your props.conf for your sourcetype
SEDCMD-ccremove=s/\x01/|/g

or on the search line

| rex mode="sed" "s/\x01/|/g"

after that you'll have a pipe delimiter for your kv pairs, you can rex the field or use and extract pairdelim to get your field.

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kechem
New Member

See attached image, does anybody know? alt text

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renjith_nair
Legend

@kechem,

Try including your search in CDATA

<query><![CDATA["your search with SOH"]]></query>
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kechem
New Member

Argument 'eai:data' contains invalid character : BBG FIX audit per ECN ID -24h@h now

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Vijeta
Influencer

what is the character, can you try using / ?

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