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Does count(foo) always count from a field?

Justin1224
Communicator

When you use count/dc/estdc in a search, does it always count from a field? For example, is: count(foo) counting the instances of the field foo?

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Yes, count(foo) will count the number of events where field foo has values (it's not null).

Justin1224
Communicator

Ok that really does help. So does (foo in this case) HAVE to be a field? Or can it be an object within a datamodel/something other than a field?

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

It would always be a field available in event. If the events are selected from a datamodel, the this would be a field in that datamodel (DatamodelNodeName.fieldname or similar hierarchy).

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