Difference between chart command with specified aggregated fields and without?

[calm27]

I have two different queries that return the absolute same result: 

value | chart count(status) by request_method, http_cloudid

and 

value | chart count by request_method, http_cloudid

Does it mean that the field specified in the `count` function actually does nothing using `chart`? 

[bowesmana · Accepted solution]

Using count(field) means that it will count the number of events with the field status.

Using count on its own will just count all events, so if all events have a status field, it's the same thing.

If you have some events that do NOT have a status field, then they will give different results, it is not a function of using chart at all.