Finding a search is dense or sparse or rare search by looking into search dispatch directory.

[sibanandapani1]

We have few searches. How to find whether search is a rare search, or Dense or Sparse search.

Was there anywhere log for this thing. Please help me.

[jluste]

Taken from Slide 26 of the Search Optimization in 500 Easy Steps presentation given at .conf2014 by Julian Harty.

How can I determine if my search is Dense or Sparse?
Use Job Inspector…

scanCount = The number of events that are scanned or read off disk.
eventCount = Number of events that are returned to base search

• For dense searches scanCount ~= eventCount.
• For sparse searches, scanCount >> eventCount.