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Return one value from field-B when counting field-A

sta_splunk
Engager

I have data similar to:

Field-A Field-B
A1           B1
A1           B2
A1           B3
A2           B4
A3           B5
A2           B6

Where Field-A will repeat but Field-B is unique values. 

I am using | stats count by Field-A to give me the number of occurrences of A1, A2, A3 and am trying to include a single example of Field-B.  Something like:

Field-Count-Example
A1 -- 3 -- B2
A2 -- 2 -- B6
A3 -- 1 -- B5

Thank you for any suggestions.

 

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this

| stats count as Count, first(Field-B) as Example by Field-A
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sta_splunk
Engager

That worked great! I was trying to use two different 'stats' and could not get both of the values.  

Thanks for your help!!

richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Two separate stats commands are unlikely to work because they're transforming commands.  That means the seconds stats won't have the same fields to work with as the first one.  One alternative is to use eventstats before stats, but it's unnecessary in this case because a single stats can do it all.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try this

| stats count as Count, first(Field-B) as Example by Field-A
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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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