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Why is Splunk removing spaces in my field?
I keep having issues where Splunk will remove the space after: field - ... which then messes up the query.
I edit the source and place one or two spaces between 'field' and '-' and which will then show correct output but then when I close the dashboard, it reverts back and removes the spaces to | field-
Am I missing something or is there a way to fix this issue? I suppose I could do a |fields and list all the fields I want to keep but that shouldn't be the answer.
Any suggestions as to why this is occurring? I have several dashboards doing this.
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What you'll want to do is use in place of space
change
field -
to be
field - 
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I had the same problem. The solution by @spammenot66 works for me, but only if this is typed into the source (xml) editor of a dashboard rather than the GUI.
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I don't think issue is with Windows 7 as we also face similar issue. I expect that to be related to IE since this issue occurs when my co-worker (who prefers IE) edits the dashboard and spaces between fields - is removed.
Try changing to Google Chrome browser and see if you still get the issue.
Also maybe we both should open a ticket with Splunk on the issue, as so far I thought it was an issue only with my co-worker's machine.
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I'm using Win7 with IE11.
I tried editing the XML directly myself to resolve the issue but that didn't work - well it works once and when I either exit the dashboard or hit 'refresh' in IE, it reverts back.
Yes, search head clustering is being used.
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Have you tested in chrome or firefox and do you see the same issue there?
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I don't have Windows 7, so I can't test. I suggest that you file a support ticket.
While I would like to blame Windows 7 and IE, I can't see how these products would edit an XML file. 🙂
So I wonder if the knowledge object replication has any effect...
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What OS are you using? What browser? Is anyone editing the XML directly? Are you using saved searches or inline searches in your dashboards?
Is search head clustering in use?
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