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Top syntax to display null fields when using 'by'?

Tisiphone_1
Explorer

When I use 'top' to create a top n list of fields, and I add two fields, using by, so:

top field1 by field2

if either field is not present in a result, it does not display in the list. I want to display events in my results even the secondary field is null. Is there any way to do this?

For example:

top infected person by infection

Even if I don't know what infection it is, I still want them to show up on the list of infected people, and I still want to see the infection if it is available.

1 Solution

Stephen_Sorkin
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The best way to do this is to use the fillnull command to make the desired fields dense. In this case, you could try:

... | fillnull value=NULL person infection | top person by infection

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Tisiphone_1
Explorer

Thanks a ton, Stephen!

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Stephen_Sorkin
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

The best way to do this is to use the fillnull command to make the desired fields dense. In this case, you could try:

... | fillnull value=NULL person infection | top person by infection
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