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[[ml-rare-functions]]
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=== Rare Functions
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The rare functions detect values that occur rarely in time or rarely for a
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population.
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The `rare` analysis detects anomalies according to the number of distinct rare
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values. This differs from `freq_rare`, which detects anomalies according to the
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number of times (frequency) rare values occur.
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[NOTE]
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====
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* The `rare` and `freq_rare` functions should not be used in conjunction with
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`exclude_frequent`.
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* Shorter bucket spans (less than 1 hour, for example) are recommended when
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looking for rare events. The functions model whether something happens in a
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bucket at least once. With longer bucket spans, it is more likely that
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entities will be seen in a bucket and therefore they appear less rare.
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Picking the ideal the bucket span depends on the characteristics of the data
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with shorter bucket spans typically being measured in minutes, not hours.
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* To model rare data, a learning period of at least 20 buckets is required
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for typical data.
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====
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The {xpackml} features include the following rare functions:
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* <<ml-rare,`rare`>>
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* <<ml-freq-rare,`freq_rare`>>
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[float]
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[[ml-rare]]
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==== Rare
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The `rare` function detects values that occur rarely in time or rarely for a
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population. It detects anomalies according to the number of distinct rare values.
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This function supports the following properties:
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* `by_field_name` (required)
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* `over_field_name` (optional)
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* `partition_field_name` (optional)
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For more information about those properties, see
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{ref}/ml-job-resource.html#ml-detectorconfig[Detector Configuration Objects].
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.Example 1: Analyzing status codes with the rare function
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{
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"function" : "rare",
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"by_field_name" : "status"
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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If you use this `rare` function in a detector in your job, it detects values
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that are rare in time. It models status codes that occur over time and detects
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when rare status codes occur compared to the past. For example, you can detect
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status codes in a web access log that have never (or rarely) occurred before.
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.Example 2: Analyzing status codes in a population with the rare function
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{
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"function" : "rare",
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"by_field_name" : "status",
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"over_field_name" : "clientip"
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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If you use this `rare` function in a detector in your job, it detects values
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that are rare in a population. It models status code and client IP interactions
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that occur. It defines a rare status code as one that occurs for few client IP
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values compared to the population. It detects client IP values that experience
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one or more distinct rare status codes compared to the population. For example
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in a web access log, a `clientip` that experiences the highest number of
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different rare status codes compared to the population is regarded as highly
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anomalous. This analysis is based on the number of different status code values,
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not the count of occurrences.
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NOTE: To define a status code as rare the {xpackml} features look at the number
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of distinct status codes that occur, not the number of times the status code
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occurs. If a single client IP experiences a single unique status code, this
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is rare, even if it occurs for that client IP in every bucket.
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[float]
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[[ml-freq-rare]]
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==== Freq_rare
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The `freq_rare` function detects values that occur rarely for a population.
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It detects anomalies according to the number of times (frequency) that rare
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values occur.
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This function supports the following properties:
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* `by_field_name` (required)
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* `over_field_name` (optional)
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* `partition_field_name` (optional)
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For more information about those properties, see
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{ref}/ml-job-resource.html#ml-detectorconfig[Detector Configuration Objects].
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.Example 3: Analyzing URI values in a population with the freq_rare function
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[source,js]
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--------------------------------------------------
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{
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"function" : "freq_rare",
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"by_field_name" : "uri",
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"over_field_name" : "clientip"
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}
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--------------------------------------------------
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If you use this `freq_rare` function in a detector in your job, it
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detects values that are frequently rare in a population. It models URI paths and
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client IP interactions that occur. It defines a rare URI path as one that is
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visited by few client IP values compared to the population. It detects the
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client IP values that experience many interactions with rare URI paths compared
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to the population. For example in a web access log, a client IP that visits
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one or more rare URI paths many times compared to the population is regarded as
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highly anomalous. This analysis is based on the count of interactions with rare
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URI paths, not the number of different URI path values.
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NOTE: To define a URI path as rare, the analytics consider the number of
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distinct values that occur and not the number of times the URI path occurs.
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If a single client IP visits a single unique URI path, this is rare, even if it
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occurs for that client IP in every bucket.
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