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"Explain" type function

akarivaratharaj
Communicator

Is there any concept called "Explain" type function in Splunk for searching queries?

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raj_mpl
Path Finder

There is no function like EXPLAIN in splunk .....

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Shan
Builder

@akarivaratharaj - If my understanding is correct your asking like do we have function like "Explain". As we have function like eval, stats etc right. If yes is your answer, then we don't have something in Splunk.

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