Why is the top command not separating out top values for each numerical data field?

[lagoon7mac]

I have numerical data into 5 different fields that occurs daily and indexed into splunk. I am trying to see what the top values per field and chart that before I perform other stats commands. So if i perform sourcetype=numdata NOT "TEXTDATA" | top limit=10 field1", I get the top values of the field. When I add "top field1, field2, field3" then I get all of the top values for the fields combined. I would like to get the top values per field? Does anyone know how to SPL this?

[lagoon7mac]

That works with the addition of the search command at the begining of the search bracket so [ sourcetype=numdata... ] becomes [ search sourcetype=numdata ....]

[sdaniels · Accepted solution]

You might be able to use the append command depending on the type of data and if the values make sense to be charted together.

sourcetype=numdata NOT "TEXTDATA" | top 10 field1 | append [ sourcetype=numdata NOT "TEXTDATA" | top 10 field2 ]  etc.....