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help with CASE needed

damucka
Builder

I have the following example:

|makeresults | eval trigger=0|eval decision=case(trigger=1;[|savedsearch test|eval t=1|return $t];0)

producing an error:
Error in 'eval' command: The expression is malformed. Expected )

The intention is clear, I want to execute the savedsearch test under the condition of trigger=1.
Could you please advice what it throws an error?

Kind Regards,
Kamil

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damucka
Builder

sorry, it was an easy mistake. I am closing this question.

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niketn
Legend

@damucka if you can please post the fixed query and accept the same as answer to assist others facing similar issue.

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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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damucka
Builder

Sure.
I changed it to if, also there should be == instead of =

|makeresults | eval trigger=0|eval decision=if(trigger==1,[|savedsearch test|eval t=1|return $t],0)
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