rare.rst

rare

Table of contents

• Description
• Syntax
• Example 1: Find the least common values in a field
• Example 2: Find the least common values organized by gender
• Limitation

Description

Using rare command to find the least common tuple of values of all fields in the field list.

Note: A maximum of 10 results is returned for each distinct tuple of values of the group-by fields.

Syntax

rare <field-list> [by-clause]

• field-list: mandatory. comma-delimited list of field names.
• by-clause: optional. one or more fields to group the results by.

Example 1: Find the least common values in a field

The example finds least common gender of all the accounts.

PPL query:

os> source=accounts | rare gender;
fetched rows / total rows = 2/2
+----------+
| gender   |
|----------|
| F        |
| M        |
+----------+

Example 2: Find the least common values organized by gender

The example finds least common age of all the accounts group by gender.

PPL query:

os> source=accounts | rare age by gender;
fetched rows / total rows = 4/4
+----------+-------+
| gender   | age   |
|----------+-------|
| F        | 28    |
| M        | 32    |
| M        | 33    |
| M        | 36    |
+----------+-------+

Limitation

The rare command is not rewritten to OpenSearch DSL, it is only executed on the coordination node.