Splunk Search

Can I extract the time value selected from the timerange selection?

RecoMark0
Path Finder

Hello,
I am wondering if the timerange value a user selects for a search is able to be extracted from a field.

For instance, if I select "24 hours", is there a field with a value of "24" or even "86400000" for milliseconds value. I think sideview has a variable, but I was wondering if it is available in just a standard search in splunk.

Thank you!

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can add this to your search:

... | addinfo

That will, amongst other things, add two fields info_min_time and info_max_time to your results giving you the beginning and end of the time range used for that search.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/SearchReference/addinfo

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can add this to your search:

... | addinfo

That will, amongst other things, add two fields info_min_time and info_max_time to your results giving you the beginning and end of the time range used for that search.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.2.1/SearchReference/addinfo

RecoMark0
Path Finder

Thank you! This worked perfectly! I created a new field subtracting max_time by min_time to get total seconds

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