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Elapsed time

david_fresne
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How to get elapsed time? I have the following
|eval tnow = now() |convert ctime(tnow) as currtime | eval el_time =(currtime-rtime) | table ServName rtime currtime el_time
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mw
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What output are you getting? You may need to run a convert on rtime if you're not already, but something like this should work:

... | eval now = now() | eval tdelta = now - rtime | table ...
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