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How can I perform a count and then average that count?

rcarmack1
Engager

I am investigating failed logins. I need to perform a count of all failed logins by user, take an average of that count, and then only show results that are higher than the average.

index=windows fail*
| stats earliest(_time) as "Earliest Failure", latest(_time) as "Latest Failure", count by user 
| *Need to Average the count here*
| convert ctime("Earliest Failure") ctime("Latest Failure")
| where count > *Average*
| table user "Earliest Failure" "Latest Failure" count 
| sort -count

Thanks in advance!

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kmaron
Motivator

try just adding an eventstats

 index=windows fail*
 | stats earliest(_time) as "Earliest Failure", latest(_time) as "Latest Failure", count by user 
 | eventstats avg(count) as "Average"
 | convert ctime("Earliest Failure") ctime("Latest Failure")
 | where count > Average
 | table user "Earliest Failure" "Latest Failure" count 
 | sort -count

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kmaron
Motivator

try just adding an eventstats

 index=windows fail*
 | stats earliest(_time) as "Earliest Failure", latest(_time) as "Latest Failure", count by user 
 | eventstats avg(count) as "Average"
 | convert ctime("Earliest Failure") ctime("Latest Failure")
 | where count > Average
 | table user "Earliest Failure" "Latest Failure" count 
 | sort -count
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rcarmack1
Engager

Perfect! Thank you!

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