Can I call a macro without using transaction in my search?

[msteinb4]

The current search I am running calls "transaction" and then a macro to output results into my table. When I remove the transaction command and just call my macro, I get the following error: Error in 'lookup' command: Lookups: The lookup table ' ' does not exist or is not available.

Any ideas as to why transaction MUST be present for this to run?

[493669]

It seems to be permission issue for lookups:
try to change the permission of lookup Global in Settings>>Lookups>>Lookup definitions
also refer :https://answers.splunk.com/answers/154326/so-many-lookups-so-many-errors-the-lookup-table-xxx-does-n...
also try to run :

|inputlookup <lookup name.csv>

does it gives any result?

[msteinb4]

My macro and lookup are both set to Global already, and when running the | inputlookup command, the table shows up correctly

[richgalloway]

What does the macro expand to? It seems to expect something specific out of the inputlookup command, but there's no way to know what that is without seeing the content of the macro.

[richgalloway]

It's possible the macro is using part of the output of the transaction command. Can you share the macro definition?