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how to rank or group similar data together ?

johnsasikumar
Path Finder

Hi all,

I have a requirement as below, When there is a name field, I want it to be ranked similar names together

Name

John
John
John
Jack
Jack
Jack
James
James
James

Similar names should be grouped as

Name Rank

John 1
John 1
John 1
Jack 2
Jack 2
Jack 2
James 3
James 3
James 3

Could some one help pls

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woodcock
Esteemed Legend

Like this:

... | streamstats dc(Name) AS Rank
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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Check out the cluster command.

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