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Stats and chart command output response showing differently for date column

vikas_baranwal
Path Finder

Hello Splunkers,

I want your help to understand different responses of stats and chart command output. In First output with STATS command, date and time showing correctly in the last column.

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| search issueType = "Bug" AND (Status = "In QA" OR Status = "In Dev") AND (priority = P1 OR priority = P2 OR priority= P3) AND (key = "CORE-26985" OR key = "CORE-37789")
| stats min(update) as qaStatusDateMin by key,Status
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But when I use chart command then only year is showing instead of date and time under newly generated columns named "In QA" and "In Dev"

| fillnull value="None" labels
| search issueType = "Bug" AND (Status = "In QA" OR Status = "In Dev") AND (priority = P1 OR priority = P2 OR priority= P3) AND (key = "CORE-26985" OR key = "CORE-37789")
| chart min(update) as qaStatusDateMin by key,Status

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I hope, I have explained my question here in detail. Please help me to understand the logic behind this output response.

Your help will be appreciated!

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vishaltaneja070
Motivator

Hello @vikas_baranwal

The difference start comes in pictures when you mention two or more fields in by clause in Splunk.

When you use stats count by a,b , it will created status based on the a & b which is visible easily in your search results.

But when it comes to chart command it doesn't follow the same process. Because you need to create a graph. the command will be identical to chart over a by b
in your case: | chart min(update) as qaStatusDateMin over key by Status

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vikas_baranwal
Path Finder

Hi Vishal,

Thanks for your reply but still I have not got answer for my question.

With regards,
Vikas baranwal

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vishaltaneja070
Motivator

@vikas_baranwal

There is No logic behind it. As chart command need three axis for data showing. It will convert the command in different logic , so that the data can be visible better in any visualisation.

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