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Can any query be saved as a function ?
If you think this is some kind of a bug better log official case to MSFT. Seems the combination of using let with workspace() operator is causing the error. I for sure haven't seen this behavior documented.
You mean my function can't use substring or extract for example ?
I have tested that, and it works. I guess you mean other custom functions, I haven't done that.
This is a shorter version of my query that also gets the same error ( with names changed ) :
let short = workspace("something").Event_CL | distinct TenantId_s | extend stn=substring(TenantId_s, 1, 5);
let Parsed_logs = Whatever_CL | parse RawData with * "[[[[" x1 "] [" x2 "] [] [" x3 "] [203] [] [] [] [string] [" x4 "] [] [1] [] [203] [" x5 " line:" x6 "]" x7 | project x1,x2,x3,x4,x5,x6, compId;
Parsed_logs | extend stn = extract("(yyy)(\\d{5}).*",2, compId ) | lookup kind=leftouter short on stn | project-away stn
Hi,
Yes by function I mean another custom function. Things like count(), summarize, extend are operators in the query language. I hope that makes it a little bit easier. I thing the problem comes that you are referring to another workspace in the function. As far as I understand you cannot use workspace() operator in functions. I do not think that is documented. It would be good if it is. Try to use the same query but without referencing another workspace. If it works than that is the problem.
- The workspace command alone works in the scope of a function, I have tried all the variations. In this case the error is informative, it is only lookup that fails when run from inside a function.
Hi,
I am not sure if I understand this:
The workspace command alone works in the scope of a function, I have tried all the variations. In this case the error is informative, it is only lookup that fails when run from inside a function.
In my case if you use the workspace() operator in query that works. That is expected behavior as that is the intention of the operator. When you save a query that has workspace() operator in it as function and you try to call the saved function you will get error. At least I got error. This means that using workspace() operator in a function is not supported. Have you tried saving the exact query you have but without using workspace() operator and than calling that function?
I meant I have successfully created a function that uses a different workspace and works correctly, both as a query and as a custom function, this one in particular :
workspace("something").Event_CL | distinct Bla | extend stn=substring(Bla, 1, 5);But, since you encountered an error, I have tried your suggestion and indeed the complete query works if I remove the call to workspace. It seems the combination of workspace and lookup break something, which is interesting.Not quite sure yet what to do with the knowledge though.