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How do you make a chart with repeating x axis values?

sriharsha14
New Member

Hi all,

I have 2 columns like that I want to plot:
x y
1579 1
1707 2
1707 3
1707 4
1707 5
1707 6
1707 7
1707 8
1707 9
1707 10

When I see the visualization with this search command:

source="splunk_test1.txt" host="Sriharshas-MacBook-Pro.local" sourcetype="temp" | table x, y | sort y

I get a plot like this:
alt text

But I am looking for a plot like this:
alt text

What should be my search command to get the required plot?

Thanks in advance!

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sduff_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

source="splunk_test1.txt" host="Sriharshas-MacBook-Pro.local" sourcetype="temp" | table x, y | sort y | stats max(x) by y

Instead of max(x), you could also try sum(x), depending on what that data represents

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sriharsha14
New Member

This command:

    source="splunk_test1.txt" sourcetype="temp" | table x, y | sort y | stats sum(x) as x1 by y | sort y

treats x1 as integer, but the plot is with x and y axis interchanged.

When I do this:

    source="splunk_test1.txt" sourcetype="temp" | table x, y | sort y | stats sum(x) as x1 by y | sort y | table x1, y

I get the same plot as the one in the question.

It looks like, with repeating x-axis values (to generate a vertical line), the plotting routine changes the data type of the x-axis values.

I also tried this command to avoid repeating x-axis values:

source="splunk_test1.txt" sourcetype="temp" | table x, y | sort y | eval x = x+y

Even with this, I get the similar plot as the one in question

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