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Error in 'eval' type check failed

jenkinsta
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I have a json data from file generated from the okla speedtest -f json command. I have tried to cast it or eval in different ways but I am doing something wrong. 

Error in 'eval' command: Type checking failed. '*' only takes numbers.

My search command is: 

sourcetype="SpeedTest"
| eval dmbs=(download.bandwidth)*8/1000000 
| table _time download.bandwidth dmbs

And the example json is injected like this:

{ [-]
   download: { [-]
     bandwidth: 10420951
     bytes: 81587520
     elapsed: 7908
   }
   interface: { [+]
   }
   isp: Vivo
   packetLoss: 0
   ping: { [+]
   }
   result: { [+]
   }
   server: { [+]
   }
   timestamp: 2022-02-01T22:00:31Z
   type: result
   upload: { [-]
     bandwidth: 5706691
     bytes: 80526240
     elapsed: 14946
   }
}

 

 

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try single quotes around field names with dots in (otherwise it looks like you are trying to concatenate two strings which produces a type check error when you try to multiply the concatenated string).

sourcetype="SpeedTest"
| eval dmbs='download.bandwidth'*8/1000000 
| table _time download.bandwidth dmbs

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
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Try single quotes around field names with dots in (otherwise it looks like you are trying to concatenate two strings which produces a type check error when you try to multiply the concatenated string).

sourcetype="SpeedTest"
| eval dmbs='download.bandwidth'*8/1000000 
| table _time download.bandwidth dmbs
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isoutamo
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
Another option is rename those fields to something without dot in their names.
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