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How to find field with maximum value dynamically?

sivaranjani
Explorer

I have a data like this , and i want to display the step with maximum value.

Detail: { [-]
Id: 12345678
RequestCompleteTS: 2023-04-27T15:59:30.6960113-04:00
Steps: { [-]
0-step1: 32
0-step2: 15
3-step3: 33
4-step4: 49
5-step5: 15
6-step6: 9
7-step7: 8
}
StepsCnt: 18
TargetRegion: BRD
}
LogType: Info
Message: Success
Time: 2023-04-27 15:59:30.696--04:00

Desired Output

Id Step that is taking maximum time
12345678 4-step4
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sivaranjani
Explorer

Thank you very much. Exactly what i needed.

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sivaranjani
Explorer

Thank you very much. Exactly what i needed.

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yeahnah
Motivator

Hi @sivaranjani 

Here's a run anywhere example showing a method...

| makeresults | eval _raw="{
	\"Detail\": {
		\"Id\": 12345678,
		\"RequestCompleteTS\": \"2023-04-27T15:59:30.6960113-04:00\",
		\"Steps\": {
			\"0-step1\": 32,
			\"0-step2\": 15,
			\"3-step3\": 33,
			\"4-step4\": 49,
			\"5-step5\": 15,
			\"6-step6\": 9,
			\"7-step7\": 8
		},
		\"StepsCnt\": 18,
		\"TargetRegion\": \"BRD\"
	},
	\"LogType\": \"Info\",
	\"Message\": \"Success\",
	\"Time\": \"2023-04-27 15:59:30.696--04:00\"
}" 
  ``` ^^^ create dummy event ^^^ ```
| spath
| rename Detail.Id AS Id Detail.Steps.* AS *
| foreach *step* [ eval Steps=if(isnull(Steps), '<<FIELD>>', mvappend(Steps, '<<FIELD>>')) ]
| eval steps_list_ordered=mvmap( mvsort(mvmap(mvdedup(Steps), len(Steps) . "-" . Steps)), substr(Steps, 3) )
      ,maxtime=mvindex(steps_list_ordered, mvcount(steps_list_ordered)-1)
| foreach *-step* [ eval "maxstep"=if('<<FIELD>>'=maxtime, "<<FIELD>>", if(isnotnull('maxstep'), 'maxstep', null())) ]
| rename maxstep AS "Step that is taking maximum time"
| table Id "Step that is taking maximum time" maxtime

Hope that helps.

Also, in the future please copy and paste the raw event data (syntax highlighting off) into the question using the Insert/Edit code sample button as this makes it far easier to try and help

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