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Module 2: Using Transforming Commands for Visualizations Flashcards

Explore data structure requirements Explore visualizations types Create and format charts Create and format timecharts Explain when to use each type of reporting command

1
Q

When a search returns statistical values, results can be viewed with a wide variety of visualization types

A
  • statistics table
  • charts: line, column, pie, etc
  • single value, gauges
  • maps
  • many more

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A ____ is a series sequence of related data points that are plotted in a visualization.

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Data series

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True or False: Data series can generate any statistical or visualization results.

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True

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True or False: Most visualizations require a single series table. (Search results structured as a table with at least two columns).

A

True

  • left most column provides x-axis values
  • subsequent columns provide numeric y-axis values for each series in the chart

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To get multi-series tables, you need to set up the underlying search with reporting search commands like ___ or ____

A

chart or timechart

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What does a Time series do?

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Displays statistical trends over time
*can be single-series or multi-series

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What are the 7 chart types?

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Line
Area
Column
Bar
Bubble
Scatter
Pie

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What does a scatter chart show?

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It shows trends in the relationships between discrete data values
*generally, it shows discrete values that do not occur at regular intervals or belong to a series

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What does a bubble chart require?

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2 split by fields and 3 statistics:

  • 1 for x-axis
  • 1 for y-axis
  • 1 that determines size of the bubble

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For line, area, and column charts, where does the x-axis lie?

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Horizontal

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Where does the x-axis lie in a bar chart?

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Vertical

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What does the chart command do?

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It displays any data series plotted across one or two dimensions.

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“chart command requirements”

The function defines the value of the y-axis, therefore it should be ___?

A

Numeric

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Where do the values from the by clause display when using the chart command?

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In legend

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“chart command requirements”

The first field after the over clause is the ___?

A

x-axis

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“chart command requirements”

Using the over and by clauses divides the data into ___?

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sub-groupings

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chart avg(bytes) over host

A

The host values display over the x-axis

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chart avg(bytes) over host by product_name

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The host field is the x-axis and the series is further split by product_name

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What kind of results will you get if you used the chart command count over field?

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Count functions tallies the number of events for each value in the result set

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How many dimensions can you split your chart results over?

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Just 2 dimensions (unlike stats results)

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What can you use with the “over” clause to split results?

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The “by” clause.

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chart and timechart commands automatically filter results to include the ___ highest values?

A

10 highest values
*surplus values are grouped into OTHER

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23
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What do you use if you want to remove empty (NULL) and OTHER field values from displaying?

A
  • useother=f
  • usenull=f

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24
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What is another way you can get rid of null values?

A

Add itemId=* to the base search

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25
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What argument would you use to adjust the number of plotted series?

A

limit argument

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26
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When you have a split by two dimensions which option does the limit argument apply to?

A

It applies to the second split.

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What doe the timechart command do?

A

It performs statistical aggregations against time and plots and trends data over time

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28
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What axis is _time always on?

A

The x-axis

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What form are timecharts best for?

A

Line and Area charts

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30
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True or False: Functions and arguments used with stats and chart can also be used with timechart?

A

True

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31
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Unlike stats how many fields can be specified after the by clause when using the timechart command?

A

One

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32
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Why can you only use 1 field after the by clause when using the timechart command?

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Because _time is the implied first by field.

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33
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Which axis represents the count for each filed value?

A

The y-axis

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34
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What happens when the multi-series mode is set to NO?

A

All fields share the y-axis

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35
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What happens when the multi-series mode is set to YES?

A

The y-axis is split for each field value

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36
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When you use the timechart command it buckets the values of the _time field, which does what for the user?

A

This provides dynamic sampling intervals, based upon the time range of the search

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37
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True or False: Like with the stats and chart commands, you can apply statistical functions to the timechart command?

A

True, you can add statistical functions

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38
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List the functions of the Trellis layout?

A
  • It displays multiple charts based on one result set
  • Allows visual comparison between different categories
  • Data only fetched once

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39
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What should you use if you want to calculate statistics with an arbitrary field as the x-axis that is not _time?

A

You should use a chart

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40
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When you use a by clause with the chart command what is the output?

A

It is a table and each column represents a distinct value of the split-by field

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41
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When would you want to use the timechart command to calculate statistics?

A

When you want the x-axis to have _time

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42
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What happens when you introduce a by clause to the timechart command?

A

It becomes a table and each column represents a distinct value of the split-by field

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43
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When is a good time to use the stats command to calculate statistics?

A

When you want to use 2 or more fields that are not time-based

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44
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What command should you use when you want to count the frequency of a field(s)?

A

You should use the top and rare command

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45
Q

In what way does the timewarp command display?

A

• Displays the output of the timechart command, so that each time
period is a separate series
• Can compare data over a specific time period, such as day-over-day or
month-over-month

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46
Q

What is timewarps syntax?

A

• Syntax: timewrap timewrap-span
• timewrap-span can be second, minute, hour, day, week, month,
quarter or year
• For example: timewrap 1w

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47
Q

How far does earliest to latest span with timewarp?

A

14 days

2 weeks

a fortnight

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48
Q

When using a line chart how many lines are shown when specifying 1w with the timewarp command

A

2 lines are shown

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49
Q

When using timewarp how can you add more lines to the chart?

A

by adding additional periods to the search

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50
Q

What would you use to count the frequency of a field(s)?

A

top or rare

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51
Q

What would you use to calculate statistics for two or more by fields? (non time-
based)

A

The stats command

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52
Q

“chart command requirements”

The first field after the over clause is the?

A

X-axis

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53
Q

“chart command requirements”

Using the over and by clause’s divides data into?

A

Sub-groupings

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54
Q

With the chart command how is the x-axis decided?

A

It is decided by you

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