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How to get the last 15 days of logs relative to the latest event, not to now?

Javo222
Path Finder

I can't find the correct syntax to search the last 15 days of logs, relative to the latest entry. My current search is as follow:

source="test.log" CPU_Usage=* | timechart span=20m max(CPU_Usage)

If I change the time range to "latest 15 days", it's relative to NOW, not the latest event.

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aljohnson_splun
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

I don't know if this the best way to do it, but it is one way.

source="test.log" CPU_Usage=*
| join [| metadata type=sources source="test.log"| stats max(lastTime) as latest]
|  timechart span=20m max(CPU_Usage)
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Javo222
Path Finder

I get "No results found" when using these lines. Do I need to change anything? The query from Chanfoli returns several hundred results (as it should).

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chanfoli
Builder

Javo222
Path Finder

That work with a few changes.

source="*test.log*" CPU_Usage=*  [ search CPU_Usage=* | head 1 | eval earliest=relative_time(_time,"-15d") | eval latest=_time | fields earliest, latest | format "(" "(" "" ")" "OR" ")"  ] | timechart span=20m max(CPU_Usage)
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