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ERROR SavedSplunker - No record for that user

Jaci
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Seeing this error in splunkd.log on a splunk indexer when running a saved search. What does it mean?

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Jaci
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

This error can be generated from a saved search that was created by the splunk admin account and then attempting to run as different user who does not have permission.

The fix is to change the permissions on the saved search.

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Jaci
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

This error can be generated from a saved search that was created by the splunk admin account and then attempting to run as different user who does not have permission.

The fix is to change the permissions on the saved search.

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