Getting Data In

How do I get unique values in form dropdown?

oriches
Explorer

I want the list in the dropdown to be unique values in a form.

What do I have to put in the 'populatingSearch' element to make sure every value is unique?

Tags (2)
0 Karma
1 Solution

bwooden
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Let's say your're populating the dropdown with hosts, you can dedup a few ways in Splunk.

One way would be to dedup the field host:

... | dedup host

Another would be to use stats

... | stats values(host) as host

I generally use the dedup command in this situation: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/SearchReference/Dedup

View solution in original post

0 Karma

bwooden
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Let's say your're populating the dropdown with hosts, you can dedup a few ways in Splunk.

One way would be to dedup the field host:

... | dedup host

Another would be to use stats

... | stats values(host) as host

I generally use the dedup command in this situation: http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/5.0.3/SearchReference/Dedup

0 Karma

oriches
Explorer

I got it to work with the following 'host | dedup host'

0 Karma

oriches
Explorer

I tried '| dedup host' but it returned nothing...

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk + ThousandEyes: Correlate frontend, app, and network data to troubleshoot ...

 Are you tired of troubleshooting delays caused by siloed frontend, application, and network data? We've got a ...

Splunk Observability for AI

Don’t miss out on an exciting Tech Talk on Splunk Observability for AI!Discover how Splunk’s agentic AI ...

🔐 Trust at Every Hop: How mTLS in Splunk Enterprise 10.0 Makes Security Simpler

From Idea to Implementation: Why Splunk Built mTLS into Splunk Enterprise 10.0  mTLS wasn’t just a checkbox ...