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How to validate text field inputs?

splunk4vishal
New Member

I have a dashboard with text field inputs. I would like to perform a check using the value that is entered in this text box but before that I want to validate the value to be with in a range.
Example: Text box takes utilization percentage as a parameter.
The check I would like to perform is (utilization > 0) AND (utilization < 100).

The problem is "<" operator. Splunk is unable to parse the search and is reporting an error.

Can anyone please tell me a way to achieve this functionality in Splunk.

Thanks

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nisha_kapoor
Path Finder

Try using
`< as <

as >`

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sbbadri
Motivator

Try using

for less than use ampersand symbol followed by lt
for greater than use ampersand symbol followed by gt

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