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Discrepancy while using count by with multiple fields (extracted fields)

Lihtnes007
Engager

I'm trying to extract the data from logs and display the count  based on 2 fields.

Below are the sample data logs,

14:48:23.668 INFO - Response(Uuid=1e850916-f99d-1e35a8d3c474, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0065, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0066, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])
14:48:23.676 INFO - Response(Uuid=c5ec43a2-8c07-c56f9f5bbd1f, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0064, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false)])
14:48:23.690 INFO - Response(Uuid=eac5f53e-6407-eac356ca0458, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0067, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])

 

Below is the current query ,

<base query | rex field=pojo max_match=0 "Pojo\((?<ID>.*?)\,(?<FLG>.*?)\)" | chart count by ID FLG>

 

If i'm using one field in count by its giving the correct count ( ID / FLG ) but when i'm use both its not giving correct count as in query.

 

Sample expected output looks like below,

ID   FLG=false   FLG=true

ID0047   2   1

ID0107   2   0

ID0065   1   0

..

Kindly help or suggest me.

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your rex will give you two parallel multivalue fields which end up being cross matched multiplying the number of events you appear to have. Try separating them as pairs first

| makeresults
| eval _raw="14:48:23.668 INFO - Response(Uuid=1e850916-f99d-1e35a8d3c474, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0065, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0066, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])
14:48:23.676 INFO - Response(Uuid=c5ec43a2-8c07-c56f9f5bbd1f, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0064, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false)])
14:48:23.690 INFO - Response(Uuid=eac5f53e-6407-eac356ca0458, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0067, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])"
| multikv noheader=t 
| table _raw



| rex max_match=0 "Pojo\((?<IDFLG>.*?)\)"
| chart count by IDFLG
| eval IDFLG=split(IDFLG,",")
| eval ID=mvindex(IDFLG,0), FLG=mvindex(IDFLG,1)
| xyseries ID FLG count
| fillnull value=0

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Lihtnes007
Engager

It Works !

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Your rex will give you two parallel multivalue fields which end up being cross matched multiplying the number of events you appear to have. Try separating them as pairs first

| makeresults
| eval _raw="14:48:23.668 INFO - Response(Uuid=1e850916-f99d-1e35a8d3c474, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0065, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0066, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])
14:48:23.676 INFO - Response(Uuid=c5ec43a2-8c07-c56f9f5bbd1f, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0105, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0064, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=false)])
14:48:23.690 INFO - Response(Uuid=eac5f53e-6407-eac356ca0458, pojo=[Pojo(id=ID0107, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0047, flg=true), Pojo(id=ID0067, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0106, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0068, flg=false), Pojo(id=ID0108, flg=false)])"
| multikv noheader=t 
| table _raw



| rex max_match=0 "Pojo\((?<IDFLG>.*?)\)"
| chart count by IDFLG
| eval IDFLG=split(IDFLG,",")
| eval ID=mvindex(IDFLG,0), FLG=mvindex(IDFLG,1)
| xyseries ID FLG count
| fillnull value=0
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