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Function startSearch() is not a function.

danillopavan
Communicator

Facing issues to run a search using SearchManager. The error says that function startSearch() is not a function. I am facing this issue in splunk version 6.6.2 Anyone know why this function is not more availabe on 6.6.2 version?

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danillopavan
Communicator

Hi all,

Just to inform that now it is working.

Before i was just using the "DEFINE" in the start of Javascript file indicating the usage of SearchManager.js:

define([
'underscore',
'backbone',
'jquery',
'splunkjs/mvc',
'splunkjs/mvc/searchmanager',
'splunkjs/mvc/simplexml/element/table'
], function(_, Backbone, $, mvc, SearchManager, TableElement) {

I have included the below variable forcing to use the SearchManager lib:

        var SearchManager = require("splunkjs/mvc/searchmanager");

After this inclusion, the function startSearch() began to work fine.

Thanks all

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danillopavan
Communicator

Hi all,

Just to inform that now it is working.

Before i was just using the "DEFINE" in the start of Javascript file indicating the usage of SearchManager.js:

define([
'underscore',
'backbone',
'jquery',
'splunkjs/mvc',
'splunkjs/mvc/searchmanager',
'splunkjs/mvc/simplexml/element/table'
], function(_, Backbone, $, mvc, SearchManager, TableElement) {

I have included the below variable forcing to use the SearchManager lib:

        var SearchManager = require("splunkjs/mvc/searchmanager");

After this inclusion, the function startSearch() began to work fine.

Thanks all

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niketn
Legend

@danillopavan, please accept your own answer to mark this question as answered.

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

HI danillopavan,

can you please show your sample code?

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