Splunk Search

Plot data for two different time ranges in the same visualization?

bigll
Path Finder

Hi.

I found old article on the subject and followed, but I do not see overlaying charts.
My SPL
-------------
index=firewall sourcetype="collector" fqdn="fw.myorg.com" earliest=-2d@d latest=-1d@d
| multikv
| eval ReportKey=today
| append [search index=firewall sourcetype="collector" fqdn="fw.myorg.com" earliest=-4d@d latest=-3d@d
| multikv
| eval ReportKey=yesterday
| eval _time = _time + 2*86400]
| timechart span=1H count by ReportKey

-------------
So I expect it would report by ReportKey instead it shows by NULL
---
chart1.jpg
-------------
chart.jpg

Labels (4)
Tags (2)
0 Karma
1 Solution

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

A simple mistake. You forgot quotes around values you want to assign to the ReportKey field so Splunk treats those values as field names. As you apparently have no such fields in yoir data you end up with empty (null) values.

View solution in original post

bigll
Path Finder

I think I got it.
Need properly configure "_time" depend on difference in days i.e. for week long difference 
eval _time = _time + 7*86400.

If I am wrong, please advise.

0 Karma

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

You can also try to fiddle with the timewrap command (but that's just a general idea, I don't have any particular solution in mind at the mkment).

0 Karma

bigll
Path Finder

I see report by ReportKey now, but graph is leaner I wonder how I can get something like one in articale.
image1small[1].png

0 Karma

bigll
Path Finder

Thank you very much.

0 Karma

PickleRick
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

A simple mistake. You forgot quotes around values you want to assign to the ReportKey field so Splunk treats those values as field names. As you apparently have no such fields in yoir data you end up with empty (null) values.

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Enter the Agentic Era with Splunk AI Assistant for SPL 1.4

  🚀 Your data just got a serious AI upgrade — are you ready? Say hello to the Agentic Era with the ...

Feel the Splunk Love: Real Stories from Real Customers

Hello Splunk Community,    What’s the best part of hearing how our customers use Splunk? Easy: the positive ...

Data Management Digest – November 2025

  Welcome to the inaugural edition of Data Management Digest! As your trusted partner in data innovation, the ...