Splunk Search

Are the job id and search id the same thing? What are the differences?

Palrav12
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please expalin clearly, as per my understanding both are different. if both are same then expalin.

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emeelan_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The Search ID (SID) is a string of characters that uniquely identifies a job. They are the same thing, but the correct term is search ID or SID.

Hope this helps!

Best,
Eve

ChrisG
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Splunk Employee

For more information about search job properties, see View search job properties in the Search Manual.

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