Splunk Search

Eval command on a field with multiple words

cmak
Contributor

I want to use the eval command to create another field using an existing field. However, the existing field has multiple words. Normally, I would use quotation marks around the field, but eval treats that as a string.

|eval newfield="My Old Field"

This code would simple use the string "my Old Field" instead of values from a field called "My Old Field". How do i fix this?

Tags (3)
0 Karma
1 Solution

jonuwz
Influencer
|eval newfield=$My Old Field$

View solution in original post

gkanapathy
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Another way is to use single quotes for field names with difficult characters:

eval newfield='My Old Field'

Note that this works in eval and where clauses, but quoting in search commands in general is inconsistent.

cmak
Contributor

Great, this works for advanced XML dashboards

0 Karma

jonuwz
Influencer
|eval newfield=$My Old Field$

cmak
Contributor

Great, it works 🙂

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk Answers Content Calendar, June Edition

Get ready for this week’s post dedicated to Splunk Dashboards! We're celebrating the power of community by ...

What You Read The Most: Splunk Lantern’s Most Popular Articles!

Splunk Lantern is a Splunk customer success center that provides advice from Splunk experts on valuable data ...

See your relevant APM services, dashboards, and alerts in one place with the updated ...

As a Splunk Observability user, you have a lot of data you have to manage, prioritize, and troubleshoot on a ...