Splunk Search

Using search fields to compare against custom command

jgauthier
Contributor

Not the best subject. I'm not sure how to explain it in the title. But I'd like to use the results of an custom search to limit my search results. psuedo-code:

custom_search returns a field named "custom_results"
sourcetype of "xyz" has a field called "expected_results"

sourcetype="xyz" | custom_search | search expected_results=custom_results

However, the search command takes the "results" literally, instead of the field contents.
How is this achieved?

Thanks!

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lguinn2
Legend

Use where instead of search -

sourcetype="xyz" | custom_search | where expected_results=custom_results

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