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What is the unit of time for run_time ?

the_wolverine
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Would someone please confirm what the unit of time reported by run_time is? Run_time as reported by the scheduler or by jobs.

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

if this is a run time like this from the scheduler.log , run_time is likely in seconds

run_time=0.847 => zero seconds and 847 milliseconds.

05-24-2012 15:01:12.571 -0700 INFO SavedSplunker - savedsearch_id="nobody;webintelligence;Referer breakdown fivemin summary - regenerator", user="nobody", app="webintelligence", savedsearch_name="Referer breakdown fivemin summary - regenerator", status=success, digest_mode=1, scheduled_time=1337896800, dispatch_time=1337896871, run_time=0.847, result_count=0, alert_actions="summary_index", sid="scheduler__nobody__webintelligence_UmVmZXJlciBicmVha2Rvd24gZml2ZW1pbiBzdW1tYXJ5IC0gcmVnZW5lcmF0b3I_at_1337896800_c1cad5102813ad2e", suppressed=0, thread_id="AlertNotifierWorker-0"

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yannK
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

if this is a run time like this from the scheduler.log , run_time is likely in seconds

run_time=0.847 => zero seconds and 847 milliseconds.

05-24-2012 15:01:12.571 -0700 INFO SavedSplunker - savedsearch_id="nobody;webintelligence;Referer breakdown fivemin summary - regenerator", user="nobody", app="webintelligence", savedsearch_name="Referer breakdown fivemin summary - regenerator", status=success, digest_mode=1, scheduled_time=1337896800, dispatch_time=1337896871, run_time=0.847, result_count=0, alert_actions="summary_index", sid="scheduler__nobody__webintelligence_UmVmZXJlciBicmVha2Rvd24gZml2ZW1pbiBzdW1tYXJ5IC0gcmVnZW5lcmF0b3I_at_1337896800_c1cad5102813ad2e", suppressed=0, thread_id="AlertNotifierWorker-0"

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the_wolverine
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Yes, it does appear to be in seconds. We had a few searches that were taking so long to complete that I couldn't believe that the number I was looking at was in seconds!

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