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show zero in count for stats command

venky1544
Builder

i want to show the count from host as zero if the process is not found however not able to find 0 count the host disappears if process is not found

index=oslogs sourcetype=ps COMMAND="process1"
|stats count by host,COMMAND

result :-

host1  java 12
host2  java 3
host4  java 4

Expected result
host1 12
host2 3
host3 0
host4 4

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

The stats command cannot count what isn't there.  It can't fill in missing values because the set of possible missing values is infinite.  You have to have a list of possible host names and use that to insert zeroes for missing hosts.  See this blog entry for a good write-up on it.

https://www.duanewaddle.com/proving-a-negative/

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