topic Re: sourcetype is not listing in Getting Data In

sourcetype is not listing

smolcj — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 10:43:47 GMT

i have taken a backup of my app and uploaded in another splunk instance(free license). when i am ttrying to add datainputs it is not listing the sourcetype, when i am trying to create the same sourcetype, it is specifying as already existing. i am not able to add data inputs. how to resolve this issue?

Please help

Thank you

Re: sourcetype is not listing

martin_mueller — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 18:52:37 GMT

Have you tried specifying the input manually in inputs.conf?

Re: sourcetype is not listing

emiller42 — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 19:11:53 GMT

I'm assuming you're using the GUI to set up data inputs. I've noticed that when indicating Select the Sourcetype "From List" that not all existing sourcetypes are available in the drop-down list. However, you can change the "From List" to "Manual" and then fill in the desired sourcetype in the provided field.

Re: sourcetype is not listing

asdfasdf12321 — Tue, 17 Mar 2015 20:09:20 GMT

This is an old one, but worth noting that the WHY for this has been discovered and is covered on another question https://answers.splunk.com/answers/79922/not-all-sourcetypes-showing-on-the-web-drop-down-menu-for-sourcetype.html