Error while searching using the value from the input

[quintessence]

I have the following dynamic options for my "consumer" multiselect:

index=$index$ |  fillnull value="not specified" "header" | dedup "header" | table "header" | rename "header" as "consumer"

And something like this for my chart where I'm trying to filter the data by the value from multiselect:

index=$index$ |  fillnull value="not specified" "header" | stats  count by  "header" | search "header"=$consumer$

The problem is when I'm trying to show data only for "not specified" consumers - it can't find anything.
The query is working if I change $consumer$ to "not specified", so the problem is in $consumer$.
Any advices?

[somesoni2]

Try to add the filter before the stats and add quotes around the token (as it has spaces in the value)

index=$index$ |  fillnull value="not specified" "header"  | search "header"="$consumer$" | stats  count by  "header"

If it doesn't work, please share your multiselect xml.