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How to query key values and draw timechart?

pavan257
New Member

Here is the sample data.

RED: 2086
GREEN: 1579
WHITE: 159
PINK: 348
ORANGE: 0

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woodcock
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This should do it:

...  | rex max_match=0 field=raw "(?<lineData>[^:]+:\s*\d+)" | mvexpand lineData | rex field=lineData "(?<color>[^:]+):\s*(?<count>\d+)" | timechart span=1h sum(count) AS count BY color

This makes your X-axis interval 1 hour.

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woodcock
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This should do it:

...  | rex max_match=0 field=raw "(?<lineData>[^:]+:\s*\d+)" | mvexpand lineData | rex field=lineData "(?<color>[^:]+):\s*(?<count>\d+)" | timechart span=1h sum(count) AS count BY color

This makes your X-axis interval 1 hour.

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pavan257
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No. this query just displaying the events but not the visualization, all these events come through a custom shell script which we made output as "sourcetype = weblogic_stdout" not sure, if that matters here.

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pavan257
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After further cleanup of y event.. this worked perfectly. Thanks Woodcock.

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MuS
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

After you run the search, in the UI click on the Visualization tab and create what ever visualization you need.....

pavan257
New Member

I know, but this query was not representing any timechart to visualize.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

You are going to have to replace ... with your base search. I tested this on your sample data: it works just fine.

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pavan257
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...  | rex max_match=0 field=_raw "(?[^:]+:\s*\d+)" | mvexpand lineData | rex field=_raw "(?[^:]+):\s*(?\d+)" | timechart span=1h sum(count) AS count BY color

with this query I am able to see only "RED", but I want to see other lines (GREEN, WHITE...) to be charted.

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woodcock
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Is this 1 event or 5?

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pavan257
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This was one event.

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rsennett_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

does your event have a timestamp? Do all the events contain all those fields? Just those fields? more? Less?

With Splunk... the answer is always "YES!". It just might require more regex than you're prepared for!
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pavan257
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Yes, I do have time stamp and all the events will have all these fields with different values.

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