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Search for events with multiple field values

mikelanghorst
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I have events that I'm joining together via transaction. Once in a transaction a field can have multiple values. How can I then search for only transactions that have more than 3 values for that field?

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emotz
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Try mvcount()

from the docs
mvcount(X) This function takes an field X and returns the number of values of that field if the field is multivalued, 1 if the field is single valued, and NULL otherwise.

Example: ... | eval n=mvcount(multifield)

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emotz
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Try mvcount()

from the docs
mvcount(X) This function takes an field X and returns the number of values of that field if the field is multivalued, 1 if the field is single valued, and NULL otherwise.

Example: ... | eval n=mvcount(multifield)

mikelanghorst
Motivator

much cleaner than the other method I was using. Thanks!

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