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How to create a stats count by aggregating multiple fields?

dkotowsk
Engager

How do you create a stats count after aggregating multiple fields into one?

Example: Given the following table:

index saddr daddr
A 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.8
A 10.0.0.1 192.168.1.9

How can I get a table like the following?

index addr count
A 10.0.0.1 2
A 192.168.1.8 1
A 192.168.1.9 1
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1 Solution

traxxasbreaker
Communicator

You can try something like this, though there may be a more efficient way to do it.

<Base Search> | eval addr=saddr+":"+daddr | makemv delim=":" addr | mvexpand addr | stats count by addr

Basically, you combine the source and destination addresses together and make that a multi-valued field, expand out those values so there's an event for each value, then use stats to group by those new values.

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traxxasbreaker
Communicator

You can try something like this, though there may be a more efficient way to do it.

<Base Search> | eval addr=saddr+":"+daddr | makemv delim=":" addr | mvexpand addr | stats count by addr

Basically, you combine the source and destination addresses together and make that a multi-valued field, expand out those values so there's an event for each value, then use stats to group by those new values.

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