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Limit length of field (# of characters) in search results?

echojacques
Builder

Hello,

Is there a way to limit the length of a field in a search result to X number of characters?

I.E. return only the first 15 characters of a field in a search result?

The reason I ask is because I have a few dashboard panels with fields that are excessively long and they cause the other fields to be out of view (have to scroll to the right to view them).

Thanks!

1 Solution

somesoni2
Revered Legend

You can use eval-substr for the same. example

your search....|eval yourfield=substr(yourfield,1,15)

This will give first 15 character for yourfield's value.

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

You can use eval-substr for the same. example

your search....|eval yourfield=substr(yourfield,1,15)

This will give first 15 character for yourfield's value.

echojacques
Builder

This works perfectly, thank you!

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