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Error in 'inputlookup' command

terryloar
Path Finder

I get the following error:

"Error in 'inputlookup' command: This command must be the first command of a search."

FOR

source="/home/loart/dev/Splunk/Test_Logs/nepoc_access_small.log" | inputlookup month_year.csv

AND

source="/home/loart/dev/Splunk/Test_Logs/nepoc_access_small.log" | inputlookup month_year

However, inputlookup is indeed the first command, month_year.csv is defined, and month_year is a valid lookup.

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Drainy
Champion

To use inputlookup it must be the first command, e.g.

| inputlookup blah.csv

To use it later in a search you use it like so;

sourcetype=blah | inputlookup append=t blah.csv
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