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Case Statement Issue

Bbyers3
New Member

I'm Having issues with my case statement.

index=sti_123 source=rss_servers active = "1" status = "Being Commissioned"

| eval Timenow=now()
| eval days_since_provisioned = Timenow - date_provisioned
| eval bucket = case(days_since_provisioned <=179, "Less Than 180", days_since_provisioned <= 210, "180-210", days_sinced_provisioned >= 210, "Greater Than 210")
| chart count by bucket

I believe it is the bucket case statement that is the issue, because I remove the "By bucket" and it gives me the correct total, but I just need to be able to say X server has been in this stage for A B or C length

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13tsavage
Communicator

Try this:

| eval Timenow=now()
| convert timeformat="%Y/%m/%d" mktime(_time) as date_provisioned
| eval days_since_provisioned=Timenow-floor(date_provisioned)
| eval bucket=case(days_since_provisioned<=179, "Less Than 180", days_since_provisioned<=210, "180-210", days_sinced_provisioned>=210, "Greater Than 210")
| chart count by bucket

I do not think you had your date_provisioned field is configured in your last search so that screwed up your days_since_provisioned eval.

I created a date_provisioned field using the convert timeformat=... mktime(_time) as date_provisioned. Then added in the rest of your search with some minor tweaks.

Hope this helps!

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jimodonald
Contributor

"bucket" is a search command and could be skewing your results. try renaming your "bucket" to "mybucket" and see if that helps.

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jpolvino
Builder

This, and also please check your case statement because you have one field named days_sinced_provisioned in there.

A best practice here is to have a pair at the end:
1==1,"Other"

This will help you identify cases where you have a logic hole, or maybe events that don't have a time value, and therefore won't participate in your counts.

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