In this blog we are going to explore xyseries command in splunk. Xyseries is used for graphical representation.

Why use XYseries command:-
XYseries command is used to make your result set in a tabular format for graphical visualization with multiple fields, basically this command is used for graphical representation.

In xyseries, there are three required arguments: x-field, y-field, and y-data-field.

To understand which order to put your fields in, you need to understand what each field means

  • The x-field is the first column its present as x-axis field.
  • The y-field is the second column its present as y-axis field and represent as a new field names.
  • The y-data-field is the third field represent the data values for the new fields you created in the table.

Syntax:- xyseries [grouped=] … [sep=][format=]

Example:-

A simple stats command as a table:-

index=”_internal” sourcetype=splunkd_ui_access | stats count by method splunk_server

By adding xyseries to that search, you can see that the values from the method and splunk_server column become columns, and the count field becomes the values.

index=”_internal” sourcetype=splunkd_ui_access | stats count by method splunk_server | xyseries method splunk_server

In example we used “method” as x-field . x-field present in the first column of the table.
We used “splunk_server” as a y-field. Y-field indicates each value in new column.
We have used “count” as the y-data-field it represent the values of “count”. “count” field is giving the count of every distinctive combination of values from “method” and “splunk_server” field.

This are some uses of xyseries command for graphical representation.

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