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SPLK-1001 · Question #193

What is the correct syntax to count the number of events containing a vendor_action field?

The correct answer is C. stats count (vendor_action). The stats command calculates statistics based on fields in the events. The count function counts the number of events that match the criteria. The syntax is stats count (field_name), where field_name is the name of the field that contains the value to be counted. In this case…

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Question

What is the correct syntax to count the number of events containing a vendor_action field?

Options

  • Acount stats vendor_action
  • Bcount stats (vendor_action)
  • Cstats count (vendor_action)
  • Dstats vendor_action (count)

How the community answered

(36 responses)
  • A
    8% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    83% (30)
  • D
    6% (2)

Explanation

The stats command calculates statistics based on fields in the events. The count function counts the number of events that match the criteria. The syntax is stats count (field_name), where field_name is the name of the field that contains the value to be counted. In this case, vendor_action is the field name, so stats count (vendor_action) is the correct syntax.

Topics

#stats command#count function#field existence#SPL syntax

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