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How to sort a column chart to view the top 10 values?

bogdan_nicolesc
Communicator

Hi,

I try to make a column chart using this search:

index=webtrafic 
| rename ProcessName AS RootObject.ProcessName timestamp AS RootObject.timestamp
| fields "_time" "sourcetype" "RootObject.ProcessName" "RootObject.timestamp"
| stats dedup_splitvals=t count(RootObject.timestamp) AS "Count of timestamp"  by RootObject.ProcessName
| sort limit=5 RootObject.ProcessName
| fields - _span
| rename RootObject.ProcessName AS ProcessName
| fillnull "Count of timestamp"
| fields ProcessName, "Count of timestamp"

And i get this:

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My question is: How can i sort columns so i can see top 5/10 highest values?

Thank you,
Bogdan

0 Karma

bogdan_nicolesc
Communicator

Hi marycordova,

If i use this command, i get this error:

Error in 'chart' command: The specifier 'Count of timestamp' is invalid. It must be in form (). For example: max(size).
The search job has failed due to an error. You may be able view the job in the Job Inspector.

if, however, i use this command:

(index=* OR index=_*) (index=webtrafic)
| rename ProcessName AS RootObject.ProcessName timestamp AS RootObject.timestamp
| fields "_time" "sourcetype" "RootObject.ProcessName" "RootObject.timestamp"
| stats dedup_splitvals=t count(RootObject.timestamp) AS "Count of timestamp"  by RootObject.ProcessName
| sort limit=100000 RootObject.ProcessName
| fields - _span
| rename RootObject.ProcessName AS ProcessName
| fillnull "Count of timestamp"
| fields ProcessName, "Count of timestamp"
| sort -"Count of timestamp"

I get this:

alt text

Thank you.
Bogdan

0 Karma

marycordova
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust
index=webtrafic 
| stats dedup_splitvals=t count(timestamp) AS "Count of timestamp"  by ProcessName
| fillnull "Count of timestamp" value="0"
| sort - "Count of timestamp"
| head 5
| chart "Count of timestamp" by ProcessName
@marycordova
0 Karma
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