Calculates the sum for a field over a set of events. Result is returned in
a field named _sum.
| Parameter | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
as | string | false | _sum | Name of output field. |
field | string | true | Field to extract a number from and sum over. [a] | |
Examples
How many bytes did our webserver send per minute
logscale
bucket(function=sum(bytes_sent))