Knowledge Management

Calculated field return invalid operator error

vinayr9
New Member

I've a field called "NUMBER" which has values as shown below:

NUMBER
0000123
001200
0000004567
00008780

I need it to be converted as below:

NUM
1.23
12.00
45.67
87.80

To do so I can use following splunk query:

| eval NUM=ltrim(tostring(NUMBER),"0") | eval NUM=(NUM/100) | eval NUM=round(NUM,2) |

However I want it be a "calculated field" so that I can run queries direclty using a "NUM" field. But "Calculated Field" is throwing an error "Invalid Operator". Can someone please suggest how can I use it?

0 Karma

vnravikumar
Champion

Hi

Give a try like this in props.conf

[source::test.csv]
EVAL-NUM = round(tonumber(NUMBER)/100,2)
0 Karma

somesoni2
Revered Legend

Are you putting all three EVAL statements in single calculated fields entry??

Also, try this for expression while saving the calculated field

replace(NUMBER,"^(0*)(\d*)(\d{2})","\2.\3")
0 Karma

vinayr9
New Member

Yes I was trying to add three eval statements in a single calculated fields entry. Guess that's not allowed. If I put them in three different calculated fields then it takes too long for the search query.

The expression you provided helps but appears searching on calculated fields takes more time than normal. Is there a better way of doing it?

0 Karma

somesoni2
Revered Legend

Handle it inline in search, may be create a macro for it and call the macro in your search.

0 Karma

vinayr9
New Member

OK thanks. I'll try.

0 Karma
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Introducing the 2024 SplunkTrust!

Hello, Splunk Community! We are beyond thrilled to announce our newest group of SplunkTrust members!  The ...

Introducing the 2024 Splunk MVPs!

We are excited to announce the 2024 cohort of the Splunk MVP program. Splunk MVPs are passionate members of ...

Splunk Custom Visualizations App End of Life

The Splunk Custom Visualizations apps End of Life for SimpleXML will reach end of support on Dec 21, 2024, ...