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HiddenPostProcess - TimeChart - No Result Found

MayankSplunk
Path Finder

If I combine my Base Search + secondary search I see the result but with following code - my TimeChart has no results.

Post process examples

<param name="filter">*</param>
<param name="clearOnJobDispatch">False</param>
<param name="maxSize">1</param>



<param name="actionsMenuFilter">dashboard</param>



<param name="search">
  index=summary search_name="PerfStats-5min-Summary"
  (osType="mac" OR osType="os x" OR osType="windows" OR osType="linux") |
  regex url="_sample\.html?"
</param>

<module name="HiddenPostProcess" layoutPanel="panel_row1_col1"
group="Post process as single value">

  <param name="search">
    | stats count
  </param>

  <module name="SingleValue">
    <param name="field">count</param>
    <param name="afterLabel"> events</param>
    <param name="classField">range</param>
  </module>

</module>    


<module name="HiddenPostProcess"
layoutPanel="panel_row1_col2" group="Post process as Line Chart">

  <param name="search">
    | where vendor=“oo" | timechart  count by event9
  </param>

  <module name="HiddenChartFormatter">
    <param name="chart">line</param>
    <param name=“chartTitle">Count By Event</param>
    <param name="primaryAxisTitle.text">time</param>
    <param name="secondaryAxisTitle.text">Average Runtime</param>
    <param name="legend.placement">right</param>
    <module name="JSChart">
      <param name="width">100%</param>
      <param name="height">350px</param>
    </module>
  </module>


</module>
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MayankSplunk
Path Finder

Found the issue - The problem is to have your fields available in PostProcess you need to add field * to have them available in child search.

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MayankSplunk
Path Finder

Found the issue - The problem is to have your fields available in PostProcess you need to add field * to have them available in child search.

fdi01
Motivator

Your search with timechart no run because it ils "unbalanced quotes"
Where vendor="00".
|where vendor="00"|timechart count by event9

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MayankSplunk
Path Finder

Sorry what do you mean unbalanced quotes? Could you please explain in details.

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