Splunk Search

Remove duplicate rows based on condition

nesa246
Engager

testName values 'VerifyBtagsTest' and  'Test_AcceptTAndCModal' values occurred 2 times wanted to take the latest executed row how do I do this 

base search.....   | table testName Status resultMessage
| where (resultMessage=="null" AND resultMessage != "Test already passed in test plan/run*") OR (Status=="Fail")

 

testName Status executed resultMessage

VerifyBtagsTestFail2020-06-13T18:17:17.701System.NullReferenceException
BonusBalanceTrackingTestFail2020-06-13T18:10:36.249System.NullReferenceException
Test_AcceptTAndCModalFail2020-06-13T18:10:36.249OpenQA.Selenium.NoSuchElementException 
VerifyBtagsTestFail2020-06-13T18:10:36.249OpenQA.Selenium.NoSuchElementException 
BonusBalanceTrackingTestPass2020-06-13T18:17:17.702null
Test_AcceptTAndCModalPass2020-06-13T18:17:17.702null
MarketBannerWithOutcomesFunctionalityTestPass2020-06-13T18:15:50.825null
BasicBannerPromotionTestPass2020-06-13T18:15:30.316null
BelgiumLoadBankingDesktopTestPass2020-06-13T18:15:20.831null
MaltaLoadBankingDesktopTestPass2020-06-13T18:15:13.02null

 

 

Labels (1)
0 Karma

bowesmana
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Assuming you still have the _time field in the base search, then, on the assumption that the where clause test applies to the data prior to evaluating latest, then

 

| where (resultMessage=="null") OR (Status=="Fail")
| table _time testName Status executed resultMessage 
| stats latest(*) as * by testName

 

will pick the latest one for each testName.  If you do not have _time, then you can create time from the 'executed' field with

 

| eval _time=strptime(executed, "%F %T.%Q")

 

 before the table statement.

Note that your original resultMessage test was wrong as it is checking for =="null" AND NOT - so it will always be true, so you will need to correct according to your requirements. I have removed the redundant part above.

0 Karma

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Use the dedup command to remove duplicate events.  It selects the most recent events for each unique value of the given field.

 

base search.....   
| where (resultMessage=="null") OR (Status=="Fail")
| dedup testName
| table testName Status resultMessage

 

---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

Index This | What is broken 80% of the time by February?

December 2025 Edition   Hayyy Splunk Education Enthusiasts and the Eternally Curious!    We’re back with this ...

Unlock Faster Time-to-Value on Edge and Ingest Processor with New SPL2 Pipeline ...

Hello Splunk Community,   We're thrilled to share an exciting update that will help you manage your data more ...

Splunk MCP & Agentic AI: Machine Data Without Limits

Discover how the Splunk Model Context Protocol (MCP) Server can revolutionize the way your organization uses ...