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Compare values from same field in different events to all other events?

sg2
Engager


So I'm trying to get all events where val1+val2 are also in another event from the table. In the example below, I would need as output row 0 and row 1, because both val1 and val2 match.  Row 3 and 4 match on val1 but not on val2, and row 1 and 2 match on val2 but not on val1, so those events should get excluded. (Also I need time column to stay as I need to do some other operations with it)

 

row# time val1 val2
0 YYYY-MM-DD A X
1 YYYY-MM-DD A X
2 YYYY-MM-DD B X
3 YYYY-MM-DD C Y
4 YYYY-MM-DD C X
5 YYYY-MM-DD A Z

 

To solve this I've been trying:

 

 

 

 

| foreach val1
       [eval test=if(val1+val2=val1+val2, "same", "not")] 

 

 

 

 

or

 

 

 

 

'<<FIELD>>' = '<<FIELD>>'

 

 

 

 

But I end up getting with either "not" in all cases,  or "same" in others even tho both values are not actually the same

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bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

FYI: foreach command only looks at fields in the SAME event, not across events. As @richgalloway says, use eventstats to calculate count as needed - that command will leave the original events untouched, so you have access to all fields still.

 

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

See if this helps

| eventstats count by val1 val2
| where count > 1
| fields - count

The eventstats command counts the number of rows with the same values for val1 and val2.  Then we eliminate the rows with a count of 1 and discard the count field.

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