kql sorting on date only sunday is specific all other days unknown

kql sorting on date only sunday is specific all other days unknown
typescript
Ethan Jackson

I think im doing something wrong only sunday is shown in the chart, All other days are unknown, I'm not a kql expert and don't seed what i'm doing wrong...

Hopefully someone can explain, so that I can learn something about it.

union isfuzzy=true availabilityResults, requests, exceptions, pageViews, traces, customEvents, dependencies | where * has "Start" and * has "processing" and * has "PortalUserLoggedInEvent" | extend DayOfWeek = dayofweek(timestamp) | extend DayName = case( DayOfWeek == 0, "Zondag", DayOfWeek == 1, "Maandag", DayOfWeek == 2, "Dinsdag", DayOfWeek == 3, "Woensdag", DayOfWeek == 4, "Donderdag", DayOfWeek == 5, "Vrijdag", DayOfWeek == 6, "Zaterdag", "Onbekend" ) | extend Day = format_datetime(timestamp, 'yyyy-MM-dd') | summarize Login = count() by Day, DayName | order by Day asc | render columnchart kind=stacked

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Answer

the function dayofweek returns a timespan since the last sunday, meaning for sunday you get a 0, but for all other dates, you get a timespan in days.

As you compare this timespan with == integer, the comparison fails and all other days are marked as "Onbekend".

To fix this, you can do a toint(DayOfWeek/1d), so your script should look like

union isfuzzy=true availabilityResults, requests, exceptions, pageViews, traces, customEvents, dependencies | where * has "Start" and * has "processing" and * has "PortalUserLoggedInEvent" | extend DayOfWeek = toint(dayofweek(timestamp)/1d) | extend DayName = case( DayOfWeek == 0, "Zondag", DayOfWeek == 1, "Maandag", DayOfWeek == 2, "Dinsdag", DayOfWeek == 3, "Woensdag", DayOfWeek == 4, "Donderdag", DayOfWeek == 5, "Vrijdag", DayOfWeek == 6, "Zaterdag", "Onbekend" ) | extend Day = format_datetime(timestamp, 'yyyy-MM-dd') | summarize Login = count() by Day, DayName | order by Day asc | render columnchart kind=stacked

See the official documentation for further details: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/kusto/query/day-of-week-function?view=microsoft-fabric#convert-timespan-to-integer

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