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problem in query

kuldeepsingh99
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I am using this query to get the Percentage CPU Utilization.

index=os sourcetype="cpu" minutesago=15 | eval human_readable_time=strftime(_time, "%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S") |
table host, human_readable_time, pctUser, pctIdle

It work fine on Splunk 4.5 version but i am not getting data on 4.2.3 version, i am not getting data for pctUser and pctIdle fields

Kindly Help

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MarioM
Motivator

He meant Splunk for Unix/Linux app v4.5

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rajiv_kumar
Path Finder

It is working fine.

Thanks,
Rajiv

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MarioM
Motivator

great! then if you could accept the answer it will be useful for other with same issue.

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MarioM
Motivator

i used the following to get it to work on 4.5:

index=os sourcetype="cpu" minutesago=15 | multikv forceheader=1 | eval human_readable_time=strftime(_time, "%Y-%d-%m %H:%M:%S") | table host, human_readable_time, pctUser, pctIdle
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ChrisG
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Which version of Splunk are you running? 4.3.1 is the latest.

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