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Storing spl in lookup

hoytn
Explorer

Is it possible to store a search string in a lookup column, retrieve the content and run it as a search?
For example:
index=some_index
| lookup test.csv lookup_key_field as event_code OUTPUT spl_field as search_string
| ... some command to actually run the search_string ...

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

index=some_index
| lookup test.csv lookup_key_field AS event_code OUTPUT spl_field AS search_string
| map search="search [|makeresults | eval search=$search_string$ | return $search_string]"

gaurav_maniar
Builder

Hi Hoytn,

please try the below working example,

| makeresults | eval query="sourcetype=splunkd* | head 1" | outputlookup query_lookup.csv

Now get the result from lookup via sub-search,

index=_internal | search [| inputlookup query_lookup.csv | return $query]

Accept the answer if it helps.

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