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chart sum eval if not working....

KarunK
Contributor

Hi,

I have the following search string which works

(sourcetype="cds_fms_access" x_event="*connect" x_status="200") | chart sum(bytes) as sum by hostname, x_event 

And will give a results like this

hostname       connect        disconnect
--------       -------        ----------
host1           1000          2000
host2           500           1500

I need to add one more field to chart eventype. something like this, which wont work.

  (sourcetype="cds_fms_access" x_event="*connect" x_status="200") | chart sum(bytes) as sum by hostname, x_event , eventtype

What I am trying to do is calculate the bytes if x_event=connect and disconnect separately by hostname and eventtype.

I have tried to use sum(eval(if(x_event="disconnect",0))) but i have got an error

""Error in 'chart' command: The eval expression for dynamic field 'if(x_event="disconnect",0)' is invalid. Error='The arguments to the 'if' function are invalid.'"

Please Help.

Thanks in Advance

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Drainy
Champion

As per the docs;
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/4.3/SearchReference/CommonEvalFunctions

The IF statement requires three inputs, the test, IF true and a final value for IF not true (the else)

An example from the docs for quick reference;

err=if(error == 200, "OK", "Error")
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MarioM
Motivator

I am not sure "if" works with "chart" but it does with "stats" :
| stats sum(eval(if(eventtype=="SOME_EVENT,SOME_FIELD",0))) as SOME_TOTAL

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