Is there a way to make search lister module mimic a Pull down module in side view utils?
Is so please explain with an example.
Assuming you mean SearchSelectLister,
Here I've copied out an example of each view. Both of these pieces of XML implement a single dynamic pulldown menu.
1) From the view that uses SearchSelectLister and ConvertToIntention.
<module name="SearchSelectLister">
<param name="settingToCreate">group_setting</param>
<param name="search">index=_internal source=*metrics.log group="per_*_thruput" | dedup group | fields group | sort - group</param>
<param name="label">Group</param>
<param name="applyOuterTimeRangeToInternalSearch">True</param>
<param name="searchFieldsToDisplay">
<list>
<param name="label">group</param>
<param name="value">group</param>
</list>
</param>
<module name="ConvertToIntention">
<param name="intention">
<param name="name">stringreplace</param>
<param name="arg">
<param name="group">
<param name="value">group="$group_setting$"</param>
</param>
</param>
</param>
2) from the view that uses Pulldown instead:
<module name="Pulldown">
<param name="name">group</param>
<param name="label">Group</param>
<param name="template">$name$="$value$"</param>
<param name="postProcess">dedup $name$ | fields $name$ | sort - $name$</param>
<param name="staticOptions"></param>
<param name="valueField">$name$</param>
Also there's a good screencast about the Pulldown module and how to get the most out of it. http://tinyurl.com/bnq6kzn