Splunk Search

Eval subsearch give error when result not found

salt87
Engager

Hi,

my search is the following

| inputlookup genesis.csv

| eval _time=now()
| eval field1=[ | inputlookup lookup.csv
| search Field1=value
| stats count by Field1| return $count]

| outputlookup blabla.csv

This works when the subsearch returns a value, however it gives me an error when the subsearch return "No Result Found"

Is there something I can do to replace the error by the value "0"

thanks

Tags (1)
0 Karma
1 Solution

MuS
Legend

Hi salt87,

give this a try:

| eval field1=[ | inputlookup lookup.csv
| search Field1=value
| stats count by Field1
| appendpipe 
    [| stats count 
    | where count=0]| return $count]

all this does is it will return something even you have no match. In the case of no match it will have count = 0 as result.

Hope this helps ...

cheers, MuS

View solution in original post

MuS
Legend

Hi salt87,

give this a try:

| eval field1=[ | inputlookup lookup.csv
| search Field1=value
| stats count by Field1
| appendpipe 
    [| stats count 
    | where count=0]| return $count]

all this does is it will return something even you have no match. In the case of no match it will have count = 0 as result.

Hope this helps ...

cheers, MuS

salt87
Engager

You're a legend mate.

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Splunk Observability Cloud's AI Assistant in Action Series: Auditing Compliance and ...

This is the third post in the Splunk Observability Cloud’s AI Assistant in Action series that digs into how to ...

Splunk Community Badges!

  Hey everyone! Ready to earn some serious bragging rights in the community? Along with our existing badges ...

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 ...