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Pulling 1-day old records

vnguyen46
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Hi,

Let say I have field lastTime (sample value lastTime = 09/01/2019 11:52:31). There are records with lastTime reported > 1 day (24 hours) that I'd like to set the alert on. Is there a way I can pull these records?

Thanks,

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vnguyen46
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Hi richgalloway - thanks again for giving help. I found an answer to another question and I think it's helpful:
... | eval ddate_epoch = strptime(ddate, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") | eval diff_seconds = now() - ddate_epoch | eval diff_days = diff_seconds / 86400

In my case, if diff_days>1 triggering an alert.

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vnguyen46
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Hi richgalloway - thanks again for giving help. I found an answer to another question and I think it's helpful:
... | eval ddate_epoch = strptime(ddate, "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S") | eval diff_seconds = now() - ddate_epoch | eval diff_days = diff_seconds / 86400

In my case, if diff_days>1 triggering an alert.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
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If your problem is resolved, please accept the answer to help future readers.

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vnguyen46
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thank you.

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vnguyen46
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Thanks for helping. lastTime is a variable with value like 08/26/2019 11:20:01, but yes it can be the same as _time.
I mean 24 hr to the future. Let say: latencyTime = (now - lastTime) if latencyTime >24 hours, then fire the alert.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

So to clarify further, lastTime can be the same as _time, but not always?
You say 24 hours to the future, but your example SPL computes 24 hours in the past. Which is correct?

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KARANMALHOTRA
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Are you trying to identify latency between the events getting generated and the time that they are indexed?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
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Is lastTime the same as _time? Are you looking for lastTime values more than 24 hours in the past or in the future?

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