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Remove duplicate columns - column which have single unique value

bhavesh0124
Explorer

Hi, 

I want to get rid of columns which have single unique value. There could be multiple columns showing this behavior. 

TestValue1Value2Value3Value4
Test12ba7
Test21ca7

 

I want to get rid of columns "Value3" and "Value4" since they have only one unique value across.

 

@gcusello @ITWhisperer @scelikok @PickleRick 

 

 

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Depending on the size of your data set, you could try something like this

| appendpipe
    [| stats values(*) as *
    | eval Test="ALL"]
| transpose 0 column_name=name header_field=Test
| where mvcount(ALL) > 1
| fields - ALL
| transpose 0 column_name=Test header_field=name

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ITWhisperer
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Depending on the size of your data set, you could try something like this

| appendpipe
    [| stats values(*) as *
    | eval Test="ALL"]
| transpose 0 column_name=name header_field=Test
| where mvcount(ALL) > 1
| fields - ALL
| transpose 0 column_name=Test header_field=name

bhavesh0124
Explorer

Works perfectly, thanks

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi @bhavesh0124,

sorry bu it isn't possible: Splunk isn't Excel in which you can collapse two cells in one.

Ciao.

Giuseppe

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