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Adding a column

Muthu_Vinith
Path Finder

Hi Splunk experts,

I’m a Splunk beginner. I need help with a requirement. I have fields named 'location,' 'login,' and 'desk' with the following values:

 

location  login  desk

AA             1       0

BB             1       0

CC             0       10

DD             1       1

EE             0       1

 

 

My goal is to create a new location called 'ABC,' which should be the sum of all four locations (AA, BB, CC, DD). I've tried the following search, but it's not summing up all four locations:

 

| appendpipe [search AA BB CC DD | eval location=“ABC”]

| stats sum(login) as login by desk

 

Please guide me on how to achieve this. Thank you.

 

 

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0 Karma

ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please clarify your question - you say you want to add a column but appendpipe will add row(s) - you  have 5 locations not 4, do you wish to exclude a particular location or sum the logins for all locations by desk?

0 Karma

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Use the addcoltotals command to sum the values and put them into the location field as "ABC".

... | addcoltotals labelfield=location label="ABC"
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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