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How to do timechart on a field that has same name but different alert level?

wuming79
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Hi,

I have a log with a field call "Event_Types" and then another field call "Alert Level" .
In my logs there is an event call "Ping" but this "Ping" has 2 Alert Levels 6 and 10.
I want to do a timechart on Event_Types but also want to show that there are 2 pings with different alert levels counted over time. How should I search for it?

Alert_Level > 6 | timechart count(Event_Types) as Event_Types count(Alert_Level) will show "The argument 'count(Alert_Level)' is invalid."

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somesoni2
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Give this a try
Updated: Fixed typo with field name

your base search | eval EventType=Event_Types.":".Alert_Level | timechart count by EventType

OR

your base search  | where Alert_Level > 6 | eval EventType=Event_Types.":".Alert_Level | timechart count by EventType

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wuming79
Path Finder

Hi somesoni2,

the search show all NULL.

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somesoni2
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@wuming79, there was a typo in my original answer (thanks @niketnilay for pointing that one out), which may be causing that NULL column name. Try the updated answer.

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somesoni2
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Give this a try
Updated: Fixed typo with field name

your base search | eval EventType=Event_Types.":".Alert_Level | timechart count by EventType

OR

your base search  | where Alert_Level > 6 | eval EventType=Event_Types.":".Alert_Level | timechart count by EventType
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niketn
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@somesoni2, I think field name is Event_Types and not Event_Type.
@wuming79, can you please confirm the field names Event_Types and Alert_Level?

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wuming79
Path Finder

Hi, it's working now. Thanks! 🙂

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niketn
Legend

Are you trying a query like the following?

| where Alert_Level > 6 | timechart count(Event_Types) as Event_Types count(Alert_Level) as Alert_Level
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| makeresults | eval message= "Happy Splunking!!!"
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wuming79
Path Finder

Hi sorry, I made a mistake, I need it to display "|Alert_Level > 6 | timechart count(Event_Types) by Event_Types count(Alert_Level) "

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