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How to create a timechart with unit field values in nanoseconds which is based on a token filter?

jip31
Motivator

Hello

I want t to do a timechart with unit field values in nanoseconds and based on a token filter $field$
The timechart is based on the code below:

index="windows-wmi" sourcetype="WMI:CPUload"  host="$field1$" (Name="mfetp/*" OR Name="mcshield/*") Name=$Service$   
| rex field=Name "^(?<Service>[^\/]+)[\/]" 
| eval _time = strftime(_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") 
| sort -_time
| stats avg(PercentProcessorTime) as PercentProcessorTime_AVG, avg(Timestamp_Sys100NS) as Timestamp_Sys100NS_AVG by host, Service

The timechart code is

index="windows-wmi" sourcetype="WMI:CPUload"  host="$field1$" (Name="mfetp/*" OR Name="mcshield/*") Name=$Service$   
| rex field=Name "^(?<Service>[^\/]+)[\/]" 
| eval _time = strftime(_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") 
| sort -_time
|timechart span=10m avg(PercentProcessorTime) as PercentProcessorTime_AVG by Service

First i have no value displayed in the graph, just a linear line with value = 0
What would I have to do to display these values in a better way?
Thanks a lot

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1 Solution

renjith_nair
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Hi @jip31.

Try removing the eval _time = strftime(_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") from your search. Splunk automatically converts it into a readable format unless you assign _time to another variable.

index="windows-wmi" sourcetype="WMI:CPUload" host="$field1$" (Name="mfetp/" OR Name="mcshield/") Name=$Service$ 
| rex field=Name "^(?[^\/]+)[\/]" |timechart span=10m avg(PercentProcessorTime) as PercentProcessorTime_AVG by Service
Happy Splunking!

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renjith_nair
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Hi @jip31.

Try removing the eval _time = strftime(_time, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") from your search. Splunk automatically converts it into a readable format unless you assign _time to another variable.

index="windows-wmi" sourcetype="WMI:CPUload" host="$field1$" (Name="mfetp/" OR Name="mcshield/") Name=$Service$ 
| rex field=Name "^(?[^\/]+)[\/]" |timechart span=10m avg(PercentProcessorTime) as PercentProcessorTime_AVG by Service
Happy Splunking!

jip31
Motivator

hi
thanks it was the issue....
i have another question : in this chart i need another curve
the code is the same than for the first curve, the data refer just to another machine
how can i do this please??

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renjith_nair
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Hi @jip31, if above answer solved your issue, please upvote and accept it. For your second query, add both hosts to the filter (host="host1" OR host="host2") and use eval in avg

Happy Splunking!
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jip31
Motivator

hi renjith
and many thanks
yesterday there was the code for the eval function but i cant see it today??
can you give it again please???

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