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What does "stats sum(count) by" do?

Justin1224
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Hey, a really basic question, but I'm unsure of the answer. What does stats sum(count) by do? I'm fairly sure that the -- by field -- part aggregates the results of stats sum(count) by the field given. But what does stats sum(count) do? I've looked for a while and can't figure out what it does.

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somesoni2
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Before this stats command, there are fields called count and foo (there could be other fields). The command stats sum(count) by foo generates a new field with name "sum(count)" with sum of field "count" with grouping by field foo. (sum is aggregation function and count is existing field)

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somesoni2
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Before this stats command, there are fields called count and foo (there could be other fields). The command stats sum(count) by foo generates a new field with name "sum(count)" with sum of field "count" with grouping by field foo. (sum is aggregation function and count is existing field)

Justin1224
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So the new field with name "sum(count" a value equal to the sum of the field count? So if count had values: 1, 2, and 3, then this "sum(count)" field will have a value of 6 (1+2+3)?
Thank you for your help!

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somesoni2
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That is correct.

Justin1224
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Great thank you, you really helped me out!

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