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Implementing Splunk: Big Data Reporting and Development for Operational Intelligence
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Implementing Splunk: Big Data Reporting and Development for Operational Intelligence

by VINCENT BUMGARNER
January 2013
Beginner to intermediate
448 pages
9h 16m
English
Packt Publishing
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Using chart to turn data

The chart command is useful for "turning" data across two dimensions. It is useful for both tables and charts. Let's start with one of our examples from stats:

sourcetype="impl_splunk_gen" error | chart count over logger by user

The resulting table looks like this:

Using chart to turn data

If you look back at the results from stats, the data is presented as one row per combination. Instead of a row per combination, chart generates the intersection of the two fields. You can specify multiple functions, but you may only specify one field each for over and by.

Switching the fields turns the data the other way.

By simply clicking on the chart icon above ...

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ISBN: 9781849693288