Getting Data In

Indexing Latency Chart

rotten
Communicator

It would be both useful and interesting to be able to graph the indexing latency for various data sources or hosts over time.

Is there a way to compare "insert time" (for the splunk database) with "event time" (from the source logfile) and build such a set of charts?

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Stephen_Sorkin
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Yes, the "insert time" is the _indextime field and the "event time" is the _time field.

You can search:

... | eval lag = _indextime - _time | timechart median(lag) by ...

droth333
Explorer

This is fascinating stuff, but there's a datum missing that would
help me know everything for an indexing latency problem I have:
_time is timestamp on the event
_indextime is time it was indexed at the indexer.
need _arrivaltime, the time it arrive at the indexer.
Is there such a value?

In general where can I find these hidden groovy _* variables listed?
Thanks,
Dave

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Lowell
Super Champion

Version note: Keep in mind that the _indextime field was added in version 4.0. With earlier versions you cannot track indexing latency like this.

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