Splunk Search

Fill field with first value

cxs6345
Engager

I have a data set for web traffic.  A sessionID ties all traffic for an individual browsing session together - all events from the time you open a new tab until you close it.  There is also a memberID field.  Some records do NOT have a value populated for memberID, so I want to return each record for the sessionID with the FIRST non-null value found in the sessionID.  For instance

timesessionIDmemberIDevalField
12:011<NULL>abc
12:021<NULL>abc
12:031abcabc
12:041<NULL>abc


Can someone help me out with how to get this evalField column?  Thanks so much!

Labels (4)
0 Karma
1 Solution

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

That's job for eventstats.

<your search>
| eventstats first(memberID) as memberID by sessionID

 

View solution in original post

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

That's job for eventstats.

<your search>
| eventstats first(memberID) as memberID by sessionID

 

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Enter the Agentic Era with Splunk AI Assistant for SPL 1.4

  &#x1f680; Your data just got a serious AI upgrade — are you ready? Say hello to the Agentic Era with the ...

Feel the Splunk Love: Real Stories from Real Customers

Hello Splunk Community,    What’s the best part of hearing how our customers use Splunk? Easy: the positive ...

Data Management Digest – November 2025

  Welcome to the inaugural edition of Data Management Digest! As your trusted partner in data innovation, the ...