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Pass a run time variable in spunk

JyotiP
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I have the following query where $eventBreakdownDateTime$ is a selection input which I want to assign it to a variable called temp

AppDomain="AutomationServer"
UserName=*
Token=*
| spath output=Message path=Message
| fieldformat EventDateTime=strftime(_time,"%Y%d%m%H%M%S%3N")
| eval temp = $eventBreakdownDateTime$
| table Message, _time, EventDateTime, SelectedDate, temp

This is giving me an error Error in eval: the expression is malformed

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@JyotiP

have you tried | eval temp = "$eventBreakdownDateTime$" ?

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@JyotiP

have you tried | eval temp = "$eventBreakdownDateTime$" ?

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