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Error when using a Datamodel in a Macro

ebs
Communicator

Hi,

I'm using the following datamodel search:

| datamodel Test_Ping_Access summariesonly=true search | search "Ping_Access__TEST.date"=$date$ | stats count(exchangeId)

And I've confirmed its working, but when I use it in a macro I get this error:

Error in 'SearchParser': The datamodel command can only be used as the first command on a search

How can I resolve this?

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bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

When creating a macro that uses a generating command, such as datamodel or inputlookup, you need to leave the | symbol out of the macro definition, so your macro will just be

datamodel Test_Ping_Access summariesonly=true search | search "Ping_Access__TEST.date"=$date$ | stats count(exchangeId)

and then you use it like this

| `my_datamodel_macro(date)`

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bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

When creating a macro that uses a generating command, such as datamodel or inputlookup, you need to leave the | symbol out of the macro definition, so your macro will just be

datamodel Test_Ping_Access summariesonly=true search | search "Ping_Access__TEST.date"=$date$ | stats count(exchangeId)

and then you use it like this

| `my_datamodel_macro(date)`

ebs
Communicator

Thanks!

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