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EVENT FIELD DISTRIBUTED SEARCH DISPLAY

  • US 20150058375A1
  • Filed: 10/31/2014
  • Published: 02/26/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method, comprising:

  • receiving a query including a criterion for searching a set of events stored across a plurality of distributed machines, wherein each distributed machine has responsibility to search a time-based subgroup of the set of events, wherein each distributed machine has responsibility to search a time-based subgroup different than time-based subgroups that other distributed machines have responsibility to search, and wherein each event in the set of events is associated with a timestamp;

    in response to receiving the query, directing at least a portion of the plurality of distributed machines to search, in respective time-based subgroups, for events responsive to the query;

    receiving from the distributed machines information relating to values for a field that are in the events responsive to the query;

    aggregating the received information to determine a number corresponding to how many unique values exist for the field in the events responsive to the query;

    displaying the number corresponding to how many unique values exist for the field;

    wherein the method is performed by one or more computing devices.

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