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How to aggregate data by hour across multiple days

Simon1817
Engager

I am looking at event data.  I can group the data by hour like this:

index=wineventlog EventCode=4740 Caller_Computer_Name=SERVER14 Account_Locked_Out_Name=USER12 | TIMECHART SPAN=1h count BY Caller_Computer_Name

but that gives me an hour for each day, so hundreds of rows.

I want 24 rows.  i.e. I want all events that occur between Midnight and 1am, on any day, in the first row; and then all events between 1am and 2am, on any day, in the second row; and so on.

I've 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
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Hi @Simon1817,

let me understand: you want the sum of the values of each hour of many days, is it correct?

if this is your need, please try something like this:

index=wineventlog EventCode=4740 Caller_Computer_Name=SERVER14 Account_Locked_Out_Name=USER12 
| eval hour=strftime(_time,"%H")
| chart count OVER hour BY Caller_Computer_Name

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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Simon1817
Engager

Exactly that, thank you.

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @Simon1817,

let me understand: you want the sum of the values of each hour of many days, is it correct?

if this is your need, please try something like this:

index=wineventlog EventCode=4740 Caller_Computer_Name=SERVER14 Account_Locked_Out_Name=USER12 
| eval hour=strftime(_time,"%H")
| chart count OVER hour BY Caller_Computer_Name

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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