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Version: v4.27

deduplicate

Removes duplicate events based on a common key.

deduplicate [key:any, limit=int, distance=int, create_timeout=duration,
             write_timeout=duration, read_timeout=duration]

Description​

The deduplicate operator removes duplicates from a stream of events, based on the value of one or more fields.

key: any (optional)​

The key to deduplicate. To deduplicate multiple fields, use a record expression like {foo: bar, baz: qux}.

Defaults to this, i.e., deduplicating entire events.

limit = int (optional)​

The number of duplicate keys allowed before an event is suppressed.

Defaults to 1, which is equivalent to removing all duplicates.

distance = int (optional)​

Distance between two events that can be considered duplicates. A value of 1 means that only adjacent events can be considered duplicate.

When unspecified, the distance is infinite.

create_timeout = duration (optional)​

The time that needs to pass until a surpressed event is no longer considered a duplicate. The timeout resets when the first event for a given key is let through.

write_timeout = duration (optional)​

The time that needs to pass until a suppressed event is no longer considered a duplicate. The timeout resets when any event for a given key is let through.

For a limit of 1, the write timeout is equivalent to the create timeout.

The write timeout must be smaller than the create timeout.

read_timeout = duration (optional)​

The time that needs to pass until a suppressed event is no longer considered a duplicate. The timeout resets when a key is seen, even if the event is suppressed.

The read timeout must be smaller than the write and create timeouts.

Examples​

Simple deduplication​

Consider the following data:

{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": 1, "bar": "b"}
{"foo": null, "bar": "b"}
{"bar": "b"}
{"foo": null, "bar": "b"}
{"foo": null, "bar": "b"}

For deduplicate, all duplicate events are removed:

{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": 1, "bar": "b"}
{"foo": null, "bar": "b"}
{"bar": "b"}

If deduplicate bar is used, only the field bar is considered when determining whether an event is a duplicate:

{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": 1, "bar": "b"}

And for deduplicate foo, only the field foo is considered. Note, how the missing foo field is treated as if it had the value null, i.e., it's not included in the output.

{"foo": 1, "bar": "a"}
{"foo": null, "bar": "b"}

Get up to 10 warnings per hour for each run of a pipeline​

diagnostics live=true
deduplicate {id: pipeline_id, run: run}, limit=10, create_timeout=1h

Get an event whenever the node disconnected from the Tenzir Platform​

metrics "platform", live=true
deduplicate connected, distance=1
where not connected