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Version: 5.3

inputlookup

Description

Retrieves data from the reference database.

Syntax

| inputlookup <lookup-name> [max=<int>] [system=<boolean>]

Required Arguments

ParameterSyntaxDescription
lookup-name<lookup-name>Name of the predefined lookup.

Optional Arguments

ParameterSyntaxDefaultDescription
maxmax=<int>Integer.MAX (2147483647)Maximum number of events to fetch.
systemsystem=<boolean>falseWhen set to true, a system lookup is requested; otherwise, a user lookup is performed.

Examples

Example 1

In this example, the command reads data from the system lookup table my_lookup.

| inputlookup my_lookup system=true

Example 2

In this example, the parameter max=2 limits the number of returned rows to two records.

| inputlookup my_lookup max=2

Example 3

In this example, the lookup table contents are first loaded via inputlookup, then aggregated by the aggs command.

| inputlookup my_lookup | aggs count(geo_ip) as ip