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How to give a time value to a field with eval command?

samlinsongguo
Communicator

Hey
I want to create a field with a time value using following commend

| inputlookup task_time_worked.csv | eval deadline=-1week@week

System throw me an error

"Error in 'eval' command: The expression is malformed. "

Any suggestion of what is the right way to write this spl?
Thanks in advance
Regards

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1 Solution

amiftah
Communicator

Try this: | eval deadline= relative_time(_time, "-1w@w1") | convert ctime(deadline)

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amiftah
Communicator

Try this: | eval deadline= relative_time(_time, "-1w@w1") | convert ctime(deadline)

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FrankVl
Ultra Champion

I'd suggest using now() instead of _time.

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samlinsongguo
Communicator

thank you for your help

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