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Search from host 'A' (based on multiple values of a field of another search from host 'B')

song_jin99
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Hi,

I have a question for searching.

I want to search from host 'A' (based on multiple values of a field of another search from host 'B').
In other words, I have a search result (values of field 'id') from host 'B' as below:
search query: host='B' "Test" | fields + id | table id

And I want to find results for all values of 'id' in host 'A'.

I tried sub-search, but it seems it only works for one value of a field. (I am newbie, maybe I might be wrong)
Can anyone provide any suggestion?

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi song_jin99,
at first are you sure that:

  • id is present in both the searches,
  • id doesn't have spaces,
  • id is always in upper o lower case especially the last condition is very relevant in subsearch use.

if yes try something like this

index=your_index host=hostA [search index=your_index host=hostB | fields id ]

Bye.
Giuseppe

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi song_jin99,
at first are you sure that:

  • id is present in both the searches,
  • id doesn't have spaces,
  • id is always in upper o lower case especially the last condition is very relevant in subsearch use.

if yes try something like this

index=your_index host=hostA [search index=your_index host=hostB | fields id ]

Bye.
Giuseppe

gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

If this answer satisfies your question, please accept or upvote it.
Bye.
Giuseppe

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song_jin99
New Member

Thanks Cusello

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