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Problem with json and duplicate events

jarrebola
Explorer

Hi I have this data indexed, as you can see there is only one monitored_element_id.

{"monitored_jobs":[{"monitored_element_id":3954,"work_order_part_id":3954,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-24T11:01:54.564Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":3953,"work_order_part_id":3953,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-24T10:30:12.101Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":3952,"work_order_part_id":3952,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-24T10:26:30.573Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2958,"work_order_part_id":2960,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-23T10:01:04.399Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2957,"work_order_part_id":2959,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"EXECUTING","changed_at":"2019-05-23T07:47:07.137Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2956,"work_order_part_id":2958,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-23T07:48:04.393Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2955,"work_order_part_id":2957,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-23T06:43:16.003Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2954,"work_order_part_id":2956,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-22T18:16:56.819Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2953,"work_order_part_id":2955,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-22T18:04:46.263Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":2952,"work_order_part_id":2954,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-22T17:55:09.574Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":1953,"work_order_part_id":1953,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-17T13:00:52.043Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":1952,"work_order_part_id":1952,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"EXECUTING","changed_at":"2019-05-17T12:52:18.216Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":962,"work_order_part_id":981,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-14T07:54:52.097Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":961,"work_order_part_id":980,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"EXECUTING","changed_at":"2019-05-14T07:34:55.927Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":960,"work_order_part_id":979,"quantity":1,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-14T07:33:12.064Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":959,"work_order_part_id":978,"quantity":1,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-14T07:14:52.501Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":958,"work_order_part_id":977,"quantity":1,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-14T07:10:36.661Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":957,"work_order_part_id":976,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-10T10:46:34.518Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":956,"work_order_part_id":975,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-06T10:48:21.080Z"}},{"monitored_element_id":955,"work_order_part_id":974,"quantity":5,"priority":4,"status":{"value":"HALTED","changed_at":"2019-05-06T10:44:31.145Z"}}],"page":{"size":20,"total_elements":50,"total_pages":3,"number":1}}

But if I make this query:
index="gd_idsp_k8s" source="/var/log/containers/pcc-jobs.log" | spath | table by monitored_jobs{}.monitored_element_id, monitored_jobs{}.quantity,monitored_jobs{}.status.changed_at ,monitored_jobs{}.status.value|dedup monitored_jobs{}.monitored_element_id

I have al the events duplicated, I don't know how to solve this, dedup is not doing anything.:

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poete
Builder

Hello @jarrebola,

please find below a working request :

| makeresults 
| eval _raw="{\"monitored_jobs\":[{\"monitored_element_id\":3954,\"work_order_part_id\":3954,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-24T11:01:54.564Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":3953,\"work_order_part_id\":3953,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-24T10:30:12.101Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":3952,\"work_order_part_id\":3952,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-24T10:26:30.573Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2958,\"work_order_part_id\":2960,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-23T10:01:04.399Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2957,\"work_order_part_id\":2959,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"EXECUTING\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-23T07:47:07.137Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2956,\"work_order_part_id\":2958,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-23T07:48:04.393Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2955,\"work_order_part_id\":2957,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-23T06:43:16.003Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2954,\"work_order_part_id\":2956,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-22T18:16:56.819Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2953,\"work_order_part_id\":2955,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-22T18:04:46.263Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":2952,\"work_order_part_id\":2954,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-22T17:55:09.574Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":1953,\"work_order_part_id\":1953,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-17T13:00:52.043Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":1952,\"work_order_part_id\":1952,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"EXECUTING\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-17T12:52:18.216Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":962,\"work_order_part_id\":981,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-14T07:54:52.097Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":961,\"work_order_part_id\":980,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"EXECUTING\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-14T07:34:55.927Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":960,\"work_order_part_id\":979,\"quantity\":1,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-14T07:33:12.064Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":959,\"work_order_part_id\":978,\"quantity\":1,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-14T07:14:52.501Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":958,\"work_order_part_id\":977,\"quantity\":1,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-14T07:10:36.661Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":957,\"work_order_part_id\":976,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-10T10:46:34.518Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":956,\"work_order_part_id\":975,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-06T10:48:21.080Z\"}},{\"monitored_element_id\":955,\"work_order_part_id\":974,\"quantity\":5,\"priority\":4,\"status\":{\"value\":\"HALTED\",\"changed_at\":\"2019-05-06T10:44:31.145Z\"}}],\"page\":{\"size\":20,\"total_elements\":50,\"total_pages\":3,\"number\":1}}"
|spath | table monitored_jobs{}.monitored_element_id, monitored_jobs{}.quantity,monitored_jobs{}.status.changed_at ,monitored_jobs{}.status.value|dedup monitored_jobs{}.monitored_element_id
| rename monitored_jobs{}.monitored_element_id as monitored_element_id, monitored_jobs{}.quantity as quantity, monitored_jobs{}.status.changed_at as changed_at, monitored_jobs{}.status.value as value
| eval x=mvzip(monitored_element_id, mvzip(quantity, mvzip(changed_at, value)))
| table x
| mvexpand x
 | eval x = split(x,",")
| eval monitored_element_id=mvindex(x,0)
| eval quantity=mvindex(x,1)
| eval changed_at=mvindex(x,2)
| eval value=mvindex(x,3)
| table monitored_element_id,quantity,changed_at,value
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Maybe I'm missing something, but I see 20 different monitored_element_id fields in that event.

BTW, "by" is not part of the table command syntax. It's treated as a field name.

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