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How to eval time from timepicker and use it in search?

kimberlytrayson
Path Finder

I need to eval time in hours between now and earliest time from timepicker to use it in search.
e.g. if timepicker set to “last 24 hours” - evaluated time should be 24h, for “last 2 days” - 48h, etc. Thank you!

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | addinfo | eval hours_between_now_and_earliest = round(((now() - info_min_time) / 60 / 60), 2) | fields - info_*
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kimberlytrayson
Path Finder

Thanks! Can you explain what this part is doing "| fields - info_*"?

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

There was a typo; I was using earliest when I should have been using info_min_time. I edited my answer and fixed it.

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

It is getting rid of the info_* fields that were added by the call to addinfo.

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@kimberlytrayson

You can try addinfo command.

info_min_time = The earliest time boundary for the search.
info_max_time = The latest time boundary for the search.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/addinfo

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kimberlytrayson
Path Finder

Sorry, it will be epoch time, right?

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