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How to get max value of string inside braces

jsamadhan
New Member

Hi All,

I am new to splunk and need help in creating a table to get max value.
Below are my sample logs -

2017-05-25 14:21:06,757 INFO [http-/x.x.x.x.x:] [blablaServiceImpl] [myservices()][blablablablabla] [blablablablabla] [TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN][181]

Kindly help getting a table where max value of TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN will be displayed in (tabular foramat) per service

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

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|  rex "^([^\]]+\]){2}\s*\[(?<service>.*?)\(\)\]([^\]]+\]){2}\s*\[TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN\]\s*\[(?<TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN>\d+)"
| stats max(TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN) BY service

adonio
Ultra Champion

if you have lets say 181 extracted as a value of TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN

... | stats max(TOTAL_TIME_TAKEN) by service ?
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adonio
Ultra Champion

or... full solution by @woodcock

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