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How to make inputlookup return function check all records (rows) in a CSV?

orion44
Communicator

Currently the inputlookup return function requires you to input a hardcoded total of records to check when used in a subsearch. Why is this required and how do you make it return all records?

Example usage:

index=logs [| inputlookup data.csv | return 1000 name=$hostname]

I have to hard code the "1000" to tell Splunk to check 100 records in the lookup. This requirement is illogical as I always want it to check (lookup) ALL records. As a workaround, I just pick a high number that exceeds the total rows in the CSV.

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niketn
Legend

@orion44 try the following

Using the table command in the sub-search:

index=logs 
    [| inputlookup data.csv 
    | fields hostname 
    | rename hostname as name 
    | table name ]

Or using the format command

index=logs 
    [| inputlookup data.csv 
   | fields hostname
   | rename hostname as name
   | format]
____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

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niketn
Legend

@orion44 try the following

Using the table command in the sub-search:

index=logs 
    [| inputlookup data.csv 
    | fields hostname 
    | rename hostname as name 
    | table name ]

Or using the format command

index=logs 
    [| inputlookup data.csv 
   | fields hostname
   | rename hostname as name
   | format]
____________________________________________
| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"

orion44
Communicator

Works perfectly, thanks!

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