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accum

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accum

Synopsis

Keeps a running total of a specified numeric field.

Syntax

accum <field> [AS <newfield>]

Arguments

field
Syntax: <string>
Description: The name of a field with numeric values.
newfield
Syntax: <string>
Description: The name of a field to write the results to.


Description

For each event where field is a number, keep a running total of the sum of this number and write it out to either the same field, or a newfield if specified.

Examples

Example 1: Save the running total of "count" in a field called "total_count".

... | accum count AS total_count


See also

autoregress delta streamstats trendline

This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk: 4.0 , 4.0.1 , 4.0.2 , 4.0.3 , 4.0.4 , 4.0.5 , 4.0.6 , 4.0.7 , 4.0.8 , 4.0.9 , 4.0.10 , 4.0.11 View the Article History for its revisions.


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