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Join and chart events from 2 log files with common field value but not lables.

Cuyose
Builder

I see a ton of these type questions, but none seem to pertain to what I am doing or I just dont understand them.

I have 2 sourcetype that have a common ID in the events,
sourcetypeA with RequestId
sourcetypeB with requestId

What I need to do is timechart by a field that only occurs in sourcetypeB but only when the corresponding request Id in sourcetypeA has a particular field value.

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MuS
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Hi Cuyose,

Take a look at this answer http://answers.splunk.com/answers/129424/how-to-compare-fields-over-multiple-sourcetypes-without-joi... which also includes an example what you're trying to do. In a nutshell try something like this:

sourcetypeA OR sourcetypeB | eventstats count by RequestId requestId anyothervalue | timechart count by field where RequestId > "5"

This will only timechart events with field events if RequestId is over 5. Be reminded this is out of my head and un-tested, so you maybe need to tweak it.

cheers, MuS

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