How to achieve eval expression using the usecase in Splunk?

[smith_]

Hi,
I'm trying to write the spl query on  usecase like  alertname!="*pdm*"  triggerred by user in between like 2 hours how could we achieve using it eval expression.

[woodcock]

index="YouShouldAlwaysSpecifyYourIndex" AND sourcetype="AndYourSourcetypeToo" AND alertname!="*pdm*" 
| streamstats time_window=2h count by alertname user
| where count>3

[tscroggins]

Hi,

To find events over the last two hours, use a search similar to the following:

index=foo alertname!="*pdm*" earliest_time=-2h latest_time=now

To find multiple occurrences of events by user in a rolling two hour window, schedule an hourly search similar to the following:

index=foo alertname!="*pdm*" earliest_time=-2h@h latest_time=@h
| eventstats count by alertname user
| where count>1

To increase the frequency of detection, change the schedule and snap the time values to the same interval. For example, to search a rolling 2 hour window every minute:

index=foo alertname!="*pdm*" earliest_time=-2h@m latest_time=@m
| eventstats count by alertname user
| where count>1

You may need to modify your scheduled search settings relative to indexing and scheduling lag in your environment or alternatively, loosen your earliest_time and latest_time predicates and use _index_earliest and _index_latest to constrain the event window. More information on time modifiers is available at https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/Searchtimemodifiers.

Is there a more complex problem you're trying to solve?

[smith_]

@tscroggins 

Hi,

My usecase is of in between 2 hours if users triggers an alert other than pdm more than 3 times !

[tscroggins]

If your alerts are triggered no more frequently than once per minute, the last example should work with an adjusted threshold:

index=foo alertname!="*pdm*" earliest_time=-2h@m latest_time=@m
| eventstats count by alertname user
| where count>3