Finds the largest number for the specified field over a set of events.

ParameterTypeRequiredDefault ValueDescription
asstringoptional[a]_max Name of output field.
field[b]stringrequired  Field to extract a number from.
typestringoptional[a]  description

[a] Optional parameters use their default value unless explicitly set.

[b] The parameter name field can be omitted.

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max() Examples

Return what was the maximum responsetime:

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max(responsetime)

Filter for events in the repository with maximum responsetime values greater than 5 seconds:

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max(responsetime)
| _max> 5