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Removing a line from a timechart?

thefosk
Engager

Within our application we are tracking a "Pings" metric, and in our query we are showing pings over time along with a metric called "instances" that's calculated in real-time by dividing "Pings" by 24:

index="helloworld" metric="ping" | timechart count as Pings span=1d | eval Instances=floor(Pings/24)

This query has the result of showing both "Pings" and "Instances" in the timechart. How can we only display "Instances" and remove the "Pings" line?

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Richfez
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Just remove it with the fields command at the end of your search.

... | fields - Pings

That should remove "Pings" but leave all else.

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Richfez
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Just remove it with the fields command at the end of your search.

... | fields - Pings

That should remove "Pings" but leave all else.

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