User cannot export csv

carmackd · ‎07-25-2012

I have a user who cannot export a csv from the GUI after running an ad-hoc query. Results are only around 600 rows. In chrome the page returns an error loading (and dies), in IE it attemps to download a file name with a very long/URL-ish looking name - file fails to download.

I'm seeing the following error message in splunkd.

07-24-2012 12:56:39.110 +0000 ERROR DispatchSearch - blockingWrite() failed while exporting csv output

Anyone have any clue to what could be going on, or what the blockingWrite() method is doing?

thanks,

smileyge · ‎09-27-2013

I'm having this issue as well but only on certain searches. Anyone got any ideas?

User cannot export csv

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