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How to pass a value extracted from a main search to a sub search from different source?

vivek991985
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Example:

source="FILE1.log" search_input | rex ".*]*Rpc id :(?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" | append [search source ="FILE2.log" rpc_id]
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Sukisen1981
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Hi @vivek991985
You can't pass a value from a main search to a sub search, it works the other way round.
That being said and from what I can understand try something like this -

source ="FILE2.log"  | eval id=[search  source="FILE1.log" search_input | rex ".*]*Rpc id :(?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" |return $rpc_id]

Basically, the eval gets executed first and whatever rex you are performing (assuming the rex works) gets assigned o the field id, you can then pipe on and do what you need with file2log source

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Sukisen1981
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Hi @vivek991985
You can't pass a value from a main search to a sub search, it works the other way round.
That being said and from what I can understand try something like this -

source ="FILE2.log"  | eval id=[search  source="FILE1.log" search_input | rex ".*]*Rpc id :(?[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9])" |return $rpc_id]

Basically, the eval gets executed first and whatever rex you are performing (assuming the rex works) gets assigned o the field id, you can then pipe on and do what you need with file2log source

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vivek991985
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Thank you @Sukisen1981

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