top

Shows the most common values. The dual to rare.

top x:field

Description

Shows the most common values for a given field. For each value, a new event containing its count will be produced. In general, top x is equivalent to:

summarize x, count=count()
sort -count

`x: field`

The field to find the most common values for.

Examples

Find the most common values

from {x: "B"}, {x: "A"}, {x: "A"}, {x: "B"}, {x: "A"}, {x: "D"}, {x: "C"}, {x: "C"}
top x

{x: "A", count: 3}
{x: "B", count: 2}
{x: "C", count: 2}
{x: "D", count: 1}

Show the 5 top-most values

top id.orig_h
head 5