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My request is simple
sourcetype="mysourcetype" login OK | timechart count by host
I want to visualize the threshold value, so i add a field thresold with value of 350
My new request is :
sourcetype="mysourcetype" login OK | eval threshold=350 | timechart count max(threshold) by host
but I have 10 host and splunk is drawing 10 superposed lines of threshold or i want to show only one line at 350
how can i do this ?
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in Overlay section, it prupose me 10 max(threshold), one per host.
I choose one but it didn't change the graph
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in Overlay section, it prupose me 10 max(threshold), one per host.
I choose one but it didn't change the graph
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Try changing the query as suggested below by @whrg
sourcetype="mysourcetype" login OK | timechart count by host | eval threshold=350
Then go to Format => Chart Overlay => Overlay and choose the threshold field. This will display a line in your chart.
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You have to format the visualization...
Go to Format => Chart Overlay => Overlay and choose your threshold field as overlay parameter.
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Also, I would move the eval expression to the end of the search query. Something like this:
sourcetype="mysourcetype" login OK | timechart count by host | eval threshold=350
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This is the good request.
Thanks
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Could you please accept the answer as correct if it helped you?
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You are totally right here 🙂 Makes even more sense!
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