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ASF GitHub Bot commented on METRON-1272:
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Github user nickwallen commented on the issue:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/811
I am seeing another issue that may or may not be related. It seems that
when I am using the "group by" functionality, I cannot see meta-alerts at all.
(1) If I am not using the "group by", I can see the meta-alert perfectly
fine.
(2) Now I want to group by host. I click the "host" group by widget, but
there are no results. I am left thinking... Where did the meta-alert go? The
only way I can see the meta-alert is to not use the "group by" functionality.
(3) And the UI screenshots match what is returned by the underlying API.
In the case of the missing meta-alert, this is the request/response.
Request:
```
{
"indices": [
"websphere",
"snort",
"asa",
"bro",
"yaf",
"metaalert"
],
"scoreField": "threat:triage:score",
"groups": [
{
"field": "host",
"order": {
"sortOrder": "desc",
"groupOrderType": "term"
}
}
],
"query": "(host:ip\\-addr.es OR alert.host:ip\\-addr.es)"
}
```
Response:
```
{"groupedBy":"host","groupResults":[]}
```
> Hide child alerts from searches and grouping if they belong to meta alerts
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Key: METRON-1272
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/METRON-1272
> Project: Metron
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Reporter: Justin Leet
> Assignee: Justin Leet
>
> If an alert is already grouped into a meta alert, it's nice to route
> everything through the same query structure and allow sorting alongside them,
> etc. However, showing alerts that are already contained in a meta alert is
> potential clutter for a user and gives the impression an event has occurred
> twice if it's in a standalone alert and a metaalert.
> This should hide alerts contained in a meta alert from searches (which will
> always match the enclosing meta alert anyway, so nothing will be lost from
> the search).
> They should also be hidden from grouping calls, because the user has already
> manually grouped them during prior slicing and dicing.
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