Why is one column for my table not displayed in the dashboard?

[lilianwong]

I was doing a post-processing search using , with the query

table _time, myColumn

The dashboard only shows the _time column. However, when I opened up a new search by clicking on the magnifying glass icon, I was able to get the results I wanted. How do I fix it?

Thank you.

[renjith_nair]

Hi

Most probably your field is a search time field extraction . Try adding myColumn=* in your base search and also try withfields _time, myColumn before table command.

[cjj1977]

This answer helped me. In my case fields were being extracted at index time rather than search time. FieldA was coming through to the post-process search but FieldB wasn't. Regardless the solution (adding fields FieldA,FieldB to my base search) worked...

[lilianwong]

Thank you. My query actually returned the correct results when I ran it as a standalone search, the problem was only the _time column showed in the dashboard. Any thoughts?

[renjith_nair]

Yes, that's what I'm trying to say. While you run the search in search bar , mostly your search mode is verbose mode where splunk does field extraction based on your configuration, whereas in dashboards, it runs as smart mode(default). In this case, you need to explicitly mention the fields to let splunk extracts the fields for you