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How to get average value of fields?

sekhar463
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hi all,

i have some events with a field called RUNTIME for each job.

how can i get the average value of RUNTIME for each of the job and result will be on new field

 

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yuanliu
SplunkTrust
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I assume "results will be new field" means that you want the average along with raw events.  In this case, eventstats is your friend.

| eventstats avg(RUNTIME) AS RUNTIME_avg BY JOID

 

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @sekhar463 ,

pease try something like this:

<your_search>
| stats avg(RUNTIME) AS RUNTIME_avg BY JOID

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
| stats avg(RUNTIME) as average_runtime
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