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Count logging systems

FRoth
Contributor

Is there a fast way to count all logging systems to a certain index?
Currently I use the "stats" command with the "distinct_count" and it is very slow on that index.

index=windows | stats distinct_count(system)
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somesoni2
Revered Legend

The field system is a field in log?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Narrowing your search time window will help. See if this is any faster:

index=windows | dedup system | stats count(system)
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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