Calculate same event in two different times

[tdnguyen1]

Hi,

I am new two splunk. I am wondering is there a way to calculate the delta of RXdropped from 5 minutes apart.

10:50:00 RXdropped
123

10:55:00 RXdropped
456

[tdnguyen1]

I did this it seems to work for now.

index=os sourcetype="interfaces" host="prdcg4mdbl03.oss.prd" | multikv | eval PercError_PacketLoss=round(((Error * 100)/(RXbytes+TXbytes)),1) | eval StatusError = if(PercError_PacketLoss >= 1.0, "WARNING", "OK") | eval PercRX_PacketLoss=round(((RXdropped * 100)/RXbytes),1) | eval PercTX_PacketLoss=round(((TXdropped * 100)/TXbytes),1) | eval StatusRX = if(PercRX_PacketLoss >= 1.0, "WARNING", "OK") | eval StatusTX = if(PercTX_PacketLoss >= 1.0, "WARNING", "OK") | table time Name StatusError PercError_PacketLoss StatusRX PercRX_PacketLoss StatusTX PercTX_PacketLoss

[Jon_Webster]

Hello! Welcome to Splunk!

If you download the *NIX App, you'll find there is a dashboard for network traffic.
Here's the link: http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/22314/splunk-for-unix-and-linux

This is the search that the *nix app uses:

index="os" sourcetype="interfaces" host=*  | multikv fields name, inetAddr, RXbytes, TXbytes  | streamstats current=f last(TXbytes) as lastTX, last(RXbytes) as lastRX by Name   | eval time=_time  | strcat Name "-" inetAddr "@" host Interface_Host  | eval RX_Thruput = lastRX-RXbytes  | eval TX_Thruput = lastTX-TXbytes  | timechart eval(sum(TX_Thruput)/dc(time)) by Interface_Host

In the "streamstats" function, it's creating two new fields: last(Txbytes) as lastTX, and last(Rxbytes) as lastRX. Later it subtracts the last value from the current value with:
Eval RX_Thruput=lastRX-Rxbytes

The last() function gets the most recent value of a field and adds it to the current event. Remember that the default order of events in Splunk is reverse chronological order, so when an event gets the "last" value of a field it's getting it from a later time, so subtracting the "current" value from the "last" value give us the difference, which is the throughput for the period.

Best regards,
Jon

[Jon_Webster]

It is calculating the delta.
This eval statement subtracts Rxbytes from lastRX and assigns the result to RX_Thruput.

eval RX_Thruput=lastRX-Rxbytes 

In other words:

lastRX (456) - Rxbytes (123) = RX_Thruput (333)

It's not using RXdropped, but if you use RXdropped you'll get the results you want.

[tdnguyen1]

For some reasons, I could not get the right result using your query.

[tdnguyen1]

Hi Jon,

Thanks for your fast response. I really appreciated that. The result is not what I expected. I am looking for the delta. Something like this.

456 - 123 = 333