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A method includes defining a set of context types; defining a set of source types, each comprising context types; defining, for each source type, and for each context type included in the events from data sources having the source type, a context definition comprising a set of fields, in events from the data sources, that are associated with the context type; receiving a query comprising a first field value and a time period; retrieving a plurality of events that include the first field value and the time period; for each retrieved event, and for each context definition defined for a source type and a context type of a data source from which the retrieved event originated, determining field values of fields in the set of fields of the context definition; aggregating, for each context type, determined field values from the events; and generating an output.
