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How to dynamically search logs with terms like "error" or "exception"?

rajgowd1
Communicator

HI,
i have logs written by Tomcat application
i have a table which displays time, environment, applicationame, and log info details. These are displayed based on drop-down values.

but if i want to search for particular search term like error, exception, out of memory, oserror and more, I need to pass these search terms dynamically. is there a query we can write for this?

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sundareshr
Legend

You need to use tokens in your SPL to filter based on user entry. Here's some documentation to get you started

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/Viz/tokens#Define_tokens_for_form_inputs

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sundareshr
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You need to use tokens in your SPL to filter based on user entry. Here's some documentation to get you started

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.5.1/Viz/tokens#Define_tokens_for_form_inputs

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rajgowd1
Communicator

Thank you,i am going through the document.

some how i am not seeing Accept button.any idea on this. or
is there any issue from my side

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rajgowd1
Communicator

Yes,i see it now. and i just implemented Token in SPL and its working now.
may i know what is the issue with Accept button

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sundareshr
Legend

At first, I had posted as a comment. Comments don't have accept. Then I changed to answer.

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rajgowd1
Communicator

Hi,
will i get both error info and events i search like below

index=myindex java.lang.stringindexoutofboundsexception OR out of memory

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rajgowd1
Communicator

i think this is working,i just tested

index=myindex java.lang.stringindexoutofboundsexception OR (out of memory)

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sundareshr
Legend

You should see the accept button now.

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