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Query Help: Sorting Results by Group

_gkollias
Builder

I have a search that gives me the date and total number of projects:

index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci
| timechart span=1d count as projectTypes by SRCProject
| rename _time as Date
|convert timeformat="%m/%d/%Y" ctime(Date)

How can I make it so the results are also sorted by Group ( Group is a field extracted in which its values are ESB, CG, and EG). I'd like to make it so the chart displays a break down of each group by project. When I use ...| timechart span=1d count as projectTypes by SRCProject, Group, Splunk sees ", Group" as an invalid argument.

Do you know how I could modify this query to display the results I'm looking for?

Thanks!

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lguinn2
Legend

As @aholzer points out, timechart can have only 1 field after the by. However, if you want a table, you could do it this way

index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci 
| bucket span=1d  _time  as Date
| stats count as projectTypes by Date SRCProject Group
| eval Date = strftime(Date, ""%m/%d/%Y"")

Another alternative is this

index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci 
| eval ProjectGroup = SRCProject . "  -  " . Group
| timechart span=1d count as projectTypes by ProjectGroup
| rename _time as Date 
| convert timeformat="%m/%d/%Y" ctime(Date)

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linu1988
Champion

search |sort group|bucket _time span=1d |chart count by _time,project,group

moreover you can also use stats and make a table of your choice to show on dashboard.

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lguinn2
Legend

As @aholzer points out, timechart can have only 1 field after the by. However, if you want a table, you could do it this way

index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci 
| bucket span=1d  _time  as Date
| stats count as projectTypes by Date SRCProject Group
| eval Date = strftime(Date, ""%m/%d/%Y"")

Another alternative is this

index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci 
| eval ProjectGroup = SRCProject . "  -  " . Group
| timechart span=1d count as projectTypes by ProjectGroup
| rename _time as Date 
| convert timeformat="%m/%d/%Y" ctime(Date)

_gkollias
Builder

Maybe a chart with Date, SRCProject,EG,ESB,CG as headers and the values underneath?

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_gkollias
Builder

Thanks all! I like index=eis_continuous_integration sourcetype=eisci
|search Group="EG"
| bucket span=1d _time as Date
| stats count as totalTypes by Date, SRCProject, Group
| eval Date = strftime(Date, "%m/%d/%Y")

How can I modify this so in the chart in stead of "Group", It shows "EG" as a header, and the value "30" under it. Is that possible?

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aholzer
Motivator

Timechart only accepts one 'by' field. You wouldn't be able to timechart your results. If you just want a table of results then use stats and you can use as many fields as you want in your 'by'. Then simply add a pipe to a 'sort' to list the fields in decreasing priority how you would like them sorted.

Hope this helps

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