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Why does the table command in Splunk cause performance degradation?

splunk_anoosheh
New Member

When I use this command ( table ) it runs at a slow speed .... please help me.
Thank you for your answer.

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DalJeanis
Legend

Oh, this one killed me for a while.

fields is a streaming, distributable command.

table is neither. table, as well as dropping all non-mentioned fields, reformats the data internally, and limits the results as per some system parameters. It may do other stuff, but the bottom line is that table cannot run until all the results are returned to the search head, whereas fields can be run at each indexer.

So, use fields if you are up in the area where you are dealing with streaming distributable commands, and only use table later, after everything is already on the search head.

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Please share your full query. The table command by itself usually is not a performance drag.

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