Monitoring Splunk

How do I fix: 'litsearch' command: Unable to parse the search: unbalanced parentheses?

Mr_Johnson42
Observer

I'm an end user! It appears to be just my user account. we dont seem to be able to find the answer

When I do any search (such as index="med") I get 
"Error in 'litsearch' command: Unable to parse the search: unbalanced parentheses."

When I go through the logs I was surprised to see that such a simple search resulted in

litsearch (index="med" index=nessus ((source="SI - EZproxy" orig_sourcetype="nessus:scan") OR sourcetype="nessus:scan") | lookup Device_Details nt_host as host-fqdn output bunit | search bunit="Medicine") | litsearch (index="med" index=nessus sourcetype=nessus:scan | lookup Device_Details nt_host as host-fqdn output bunit | search bunit="Medicine") | fields  keepcolorder=t "*" "_bkt" "_cd" "_si" "host" "index" "linecount" "source" "sourcetype" "splunk_server"  | remotetl  nb=300 et=1660905790.000000 lt=1660906690.000000 remove=true max_count=1000 max_prefetch=100

While the parenthesis balance, I read somewhere they they have to balance within the pipe (|), which they don't. 

We do indeed have a nessus index and several months ago someone started work on getting nessus reporting dashboard in splunk to work (still ongoing). However I am not sure why a simple search on index=Med would reference "nessus". 

Does the litsearch command look wrong?
Where is it picking up the conf to produce such a command and can it be fixed?

I have tried to create a table view of  "med" and I get no entries rather than an error. I did that because it would be good to see the index to know its not a permission error.

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps your role has a Search Filter defined that is causing the error.  If so, work with your Splunk admin to fix it.

Yes, parentheses must match within a pipe.

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