Splunk Search

Kicking different searches

yuwtennis
Communicator

Hi!

I want to ask question if something like below can be implemented.

I have created 4 searches.

search A : creates a CSV file with outputcsv
search B : creates a CSV file using the csv from search A
search C : creates a CSV file using the csv from search A
search D : creates a CSV file using the csv from search A

So the call flow would be like,

search A -> search B
-> search C
-> search D

search B - D has to be called the in the stream of search A.

Is this possible?

Thanks,
Yu

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Ayn
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You can use the fact that subsearches are run before the main search, so first of all run search A in a subsearch so that the CSV file exists, then use it in all your other searches.

searchB [search searchA | outputcsv ... | return ""] | outputcsv ... | append [search searchC | outputcsv ... ] | append [search searchD | outputcsv ... ]

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Ayn
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You can use the fact that subsearches are run before the main search, so first of all run search A in a subsearch so that the CSV file exists, then use it in all your other searches.

searchB [search searchA | outputcsv ... | return ""] | outputcsv ... | append [search searchC | outputcsv ... ] | append [search searchD | outputcsv ... ]

yuwtennis
Communicator

Hello Ayn.

This looks nice. I will take a look at it.

Thanks,
Yu

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