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Build a parent child relation

bharathkumarnec
Contributor

Hi All,

Below is my situation:

parentkey childkey

b c
0 a
a b
b d
b e

Output is to be like this 0-->a-->b-->c,d,e

How can i achieve this in splunk??

TIA

Regards,
BK

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Sukisen1981
Champion

|stats values(childkey) by parentkey |rename values(childkey) as chld | mvexpand chld

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Sukisen1981
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|stats values(childkey) by parentkey |rename values(childkey) as chld | mvexpand chld

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bharathkumarnec
Contributor

this is valid only when we have a parent and children, but in my case i have grand children as well...

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Sukisen1981
Champion

hi @bharathkumarnec
in that case ,can you please provide a clearer description of the 'grandchildren' and a more exact requirement?
both @mayurr98 and my answers were based on what you posted in the question.

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mayurr98
Super Champion

try this ?

| stats values(childkey) as childkey by parentkey
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