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Access Field for Value in Drop Down loaded by an input lookup file

mhornste
Path Finder

Hi,

I have prepared an input lookup file which has the following contents:

OperationCode,Meaning,Direction
1001,Create Document,RemoteCache

I have managed to create a drop down which loads the Meaning field from the input lookup as Field for Label.

The drop down looks as follows:

 <input type="dropdown" token="RCFunctionSelector">
      <label>field1</label>
      <default>1001</default>
      <fieldForLabel>Meaning</fieldForLabel>
      <fieldForValue>OperationCode</fieldForValue>
      <search>
        <query>| inputlookup otcs_remote_cache_lookup.csv 
|  table Meaning, OperationCode</query>
        <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
        <latest>now</latest>
      </search>
      <initialValue>1001</initialValue>
    </input>

I'd like to achieve now that the Field for Value (= OperationCode in lookup) can be used in a search.

I started with the query which doesn't work:

index=rc sourcetype=OtcsRemoteCache Operation=$OperationCode$
|  table _time,Time_ms

How can I access the Field for Value variable of a drop down for a search?

Thanks!

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knielsen
Contributor

You need to reference the token of that input in your query, so replace $OperationCode$ with $RCFunctionSelector$.

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mhornste
Path Finder

Hi,

thank you for your response. I'm afraid I explained not well enough.alt text

I'd like to see the "Get Version Content" in the Description of the Dashboard, e.g.:

"Performance by Operation for Get Version Content "

I can use the DropDown Token $RCFunctionSelector$ but then I only get the Value (in this case 1001) instead of the meaning of the operation.

Thanks!

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knielsen
Contributor

that should be exactly what the addition of this in your input definition should make possible:

<change>
   <set token="labelstring">$label$</set>
 </change>

whenever you change the dropdown, the token "labelstring" gets set to the label of the selected value.

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mhornste
Path Finder

Thank you, it worked. I must have been blind not to see it.

Do you know if there is a way to access the Label value of the drop down in a search or description? On top of the dashboard, I'd like to display the currently selected Value (=Meaning).

Thank you!

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aaronwalker
Engager

You can do this with a change block in the input object that sets a new token to the label, like:

<change>
     <set token="dropdown_label">$label$</set>
</change>

See the following link for more details:
https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/SplunkCloud/8.0.0/Viz/tokens#Access_labels_and_values_of_form_...

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knielsen
Contributor

Happens to everyone, to oversee the obvious. 🙂

Accessing the Label should be possible as well. Something in the spirit of

       <label>field1</label>
       <default>1001</default>
       <fieldForLabel>Meaning</fieldForLabel>
       <fieldForValue>OperationCode</fieldForValue>
       <search>
         <query>| inputlookup otcs_remote_cache_lookup.csv 
 |  table Meaning, OperationCode
         <earliest>-24h@h</earliest>
         <latest>now</latest>
       </search>
<change>
  <set token="labelstring">$label$</set>
</change>

       <initialValue>1001</initialValue>
     </input>`

and then reference $labelstring$ later on.

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knielsen
Contributor

You need to reference the token of that input in your query, so replace $OperationCode$ with $RCFunctionSelector$.

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