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Does Splunk have a Stepped Line Graph Visualisation

pjAstroMan
Explorer

Hi there, I am in the process of evaluating Splunk as a possible replacement to our existing data historian.  Our users require a Stepped Line Graph for trending purposes rather than the conventional line graph.  Is it possible to provide a Stepped Line Graph visualistion in Splunk?

Kind Regards

Paul J.

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tscroggins
Champion

@pjAstroMan 

Not directly, but you can group data points by series and use the xyseries command to plot steps:

foo.csv

series,x,y
a,0,1
a,1,1
a,2,1
b,2,2
b,3,2
b,4,2
c,4,3
c,5,3
c,6,3

| inputlookup foo.csv
| xyseries x series y

xabc
01  
11  
212 
3 2 
4 23
5  3
6  3

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Splunk also provides an interface to develop custom visualizations: https://dev.splunk.com/enterprise/docs/developapps/visualizedata/displaydataview/splunkplatformcusto...

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pjAstroMan
Explorer

Thanks for the feedback, unfortunately, whilst this would work for specifically manipulated data content, in my particular case the stepped chart needs to be generated from a real-time data feed.

Kind Regards

Paul.

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tscroggins
Champion

@pjAstroMan

I used a contrived example, but streaming data can be modified into a similar structure using SPL. Search-time analysis and transformation is Splunk's core value proposition.

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