queryStartTime Search Operator

The queryStartTime() operator returns the start time of the search time range in milliseconds. You can use it in combination with queryEndTime() to establish times and ranges for your non-continuous queries.

note

For dashboards in live mode or real time scheduled searches, queryTimeRange() is a more suitable option. In most cases the results would still be the same as using queryStartTime() and queryEndTime(), but the latter can be off from the real range by a few milliseconds.

Syntax

queryStartTime() as <field>

Rules

An alias is required.

Examples

To get a duration of your query:

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| (queryEndTime() - queryStartTime()) as duration

To list start time, end time, and duration:

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| queryStartTime() as starttime
| queryEndTime() as endtime
| (endtime - starttime) as duration

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