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assign value from subsearch to outer search eval

joydeep741
Path Finder

I want to get a value from subsearch assigned to outer search.

I am trying like this
index=OUTER sourcetype=OUTER_ST | eval value = [search index=INNER sourcetype=INNER_ST |eval x=10 |return $x ]

But this gives me
Error in 'eval' command: Failed to parse the provided arguments. Usage: eval dest_key = expression

How to resolve this ?

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HiroshiSatoh
Champion

Because the return value is a string, you can not do it?
How about this?

 index=OUTER sourcetype=OUTER_ST | eval value = [search index=INNER sourcetype=INNER_ST |eval x="\"10\"" |return $x ]
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joydeep741
Path Finder

does it matter if the inner search is searching a different index than outer search ?

I am still getting
Error in 'eval' command: Failed to parse the provided arguments. Usage: eval dest_key = expression

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HiroshiSatoh
Champion

If the value is numeric, it behaves like a sample.
This error is simply because the sub search result is 0.

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