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accum

Use the accum command to compute a running cumulative sum of a numeric field.

Syntax

| accum field [AS out]

The command uses the following arguments:

  • field – The numeric field to accumulate.

  • AS out (Optional) – An alias for the output field.

Example

The following query computes a running total of bytes.

fields @timestamp, bytes
| accum bytes AS totalBytes