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How to properly display trend comparison of values over Hour by Day for multiple days?

ten_yard_fight
Path Finder

The following query will display a simple chart for trend comparison. This works well if you keep the days you're comparing =< 4 days.
The Query:

index="my_index"
| search src="all_sources" 
| bin _time as Time
| eval Day=strftime(Time,"%m-%d")
| eval Hour=strftime(Time,"%H") 
| chart eval(round(avg(transfer_duration), 2)) as AvgXferDuration over Hour by Day

The above query will produce the following graph. (as long as its =< 4 days)

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Now, if you increase the days to > 4 days. For example, if you want to see a week's trend (7 days). You will get the following graph. Notice the graph lines become scattered points in the center. (not sure why this happens)

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What is the proper way to display the graph for multiple days? e.g. > 4 days, 7 days, etc.

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
| makeresults count=2 
| streamstats count 
| eval _time = if (count==2,relative_time(_time,"-2month@d"), relative_time(_time,"@d")) 
| makecontinuous _time span=15min 
| eval transfer_duration=random() % 3.50 + .5 

| rename COMMENT AS "Everything above generates sample event data; everything below is your solution." 

| eval Day=strftime(_time,"%m-%d") 
| eval Hour=strftime(_time,"%H") 

| rename COMMENT AS "this is key logic" 

| where _time >relative_time(now(),"-7d@d") 

| chart eval(round(avg(transfer_duration), 2)) as AvgXferDuration over Hour by Day

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to4kawa
Ultra Champion
| makeresults count=2 
| streamstats count 
| eval _time = if (count==2,relative_time(_time,"-2month@d"), relative_time(_time,"@d")) 
| makecontinuous _time span=15min 
| eval transfer_duration=random() % 3.50 + .5 

| rename COMMENT AS "Everything above generates sample event data; everything below is your solution." 

| eval Day=strftime(_time,"%m-%d") 
| eval Hour=strftime(_time,"%H") 

| rename COMMENT AS "this is key logic" 

| where _time >relative_time(now(),"-7d@d") 

| chart eval(round(avg(transfer_duration), 2)) as AvgXferDuration over Hour by Day

ten_yard_fight
Path Finder

Thank you very much @to4kawa . I see where my issue was. Your example helped me pay attention to the details.
Turns out if I DO NOT bin _time, but instead remove it from my query, the chart command processes my transform correctly.

Again, thank you for your suggestion. Please enjoy some of my karma.

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