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Why is stats "first" function showing multiple results for a field?

loeweps
Explorer

I have the following data. Each one has a different date entry.

DATE      ACCOUNT_NUMBER  SOLUTION  NAME  ADDRESS
1-1-2015         1        Replaced  NAME1 ADDRESS1
1-1-2015         2        Repaired  NAME2 ADDRESS2
1-1-2015         3        Repaired  NAME3 ADDRESS3
1-2-2015         1        Repaired  NAME1 ADDRESS1
1-2-2015         2        Replaced  NAME2 ADDRESS2

I have a search with a subsearch:

index=data  [ search index=data | stats count by ACCOUNT_NUMBER | where count>1 | fields ACCOUNT_NUMBER ] | stats latest(ACCOUNT_NUMBER) count    by SOLUTION 

Problem is when I add count by ACCOUNT_NUMBER,SOLUTION, I still have account numbers showing up with a result of more than 1.

I have tried first(_time), first(ACCOUNT_NUMBER) along with other searches. What I want is to see the first solution used for each account. The above result would be :

ACCOUNT_NUMBER  SOLUTION
1               Replaced
2               Repaired
3               Repaired

And a count of the above which is my ultimate goal would be:

SOLUTION  count
Replaced    1
Repaired    2 

Appreciate any help that can be provided. Thank you for taking the time to respond.

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1 Solution

somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try this (not sure if the subsearch was required so just excluded them.

Query: 

index=data | stats latest(SOLUTION) as SOLUTION by ACCOUNT_NUMBER

Output:
     ACCOUNT_NUMBER SOLUTION
    1 Replaced
    2 Repaired
    3 Repaired

and Query: 

index=data | stats latest(SOLUTION) as SOLUTION by ACCOUNT_NUMBER | stats count by SOLUTION

Output: 
     SOLUTION count
    Replaced 1
    Repaired 2

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

Try this (not sure if the subsearch was required so just excluded them.

Query: 

index=data | stats latest(SOLUTION) as SOLUTION by ACCOUNT_NUMBER

Output:
     ACCOUNT_NUMBER SOLUTION
    1 Replaced
    2 Repaired
    3 Repaired

and Query: 

index=data | stats latest(SOLUTION) as SOLUTION by ACCOUNT_NUMBER | stats count by SOLUTION

Output: 
     SOLUTION count
    Replaced 1
    Repaired 2

loeweps
Explorer

That worked. Subsearch was only there to filter out the accounts with less than one entry.

Thank you again for taking the time to respond. I didn't think to try solution as I was focused on the account number field.

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