topic Re: How to import this kind of CSV data? in Getting Data In

How to import this kind of CSV data?

nicolociraci — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 15:19:10 GMT

I've a CSV file like the one reported below, and on my UF I've added the following props but on the search heads the events are not parsed.

props.conf

[sourcetype]
FIELD_HEADER_REGEX=#LineAboveHeader\n(.*)
FIELD_DELIMITER=,

CSV example

#LineAboveHeader
"Header1","Header2","Header3","Header4"
"Field1", "Field2", "Field3", "Field4"
"Field1", "Field2", "Field3", "Field4"
"Field1", "Field2", "Field3", "Field4"

What I would like is that splunk sees the headers and import the field names, and then create an event for each line.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

p_gurav — Mon, 23 Apr 2018 16:54:15 GMT

add props.conf on indexer not on universal forwarder.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

nicolociraci — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:17:48 GMT

Does not work.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

koshyk — Tue, 24 Apr 2018 08:28:58 GMT

is this CSV :
1. A "one-off reference data" (lookup) ? OR
2. A streaming data i.e the "#lineaboveHeader" happens only one time for entire data ? OR
3. A batch file, so the header happens every-time per file?

Your above logic works only if its (3)
Have a try in your Heavy Forwarder or Indexers

[sourcetype]
 FIELD_HEADER_REGEX=^\s*("Header1.*)
 PREAMBLE_REGEX = ^#LineAboveHeader.*

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

nicolociraci — Wed, 02 May 2018 07:09:48 GMT

So, my comment went into review and never get posted. By the way, I'm in option 3 but your solution is not working. Actually no solution is working, it seems like Splunk is ignoring my config. Where should I put the config? For now I've only tried in the Indexer.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

koshyk — Sat, 05 May 2018 20:11:44 GMT

can you please put you actual props.conf & transforms.conf file with the real data. Possibly we can work out and provide an answer. Is your installation an indexer cluster?

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

woodcock — Sun, 06 May 2018 18:51:25 GMT

The configurations need to be deployed to the Indexers (all of them) and you splunk instances there restarted (all of them) and then only verify against events that have been indexed AFTER the restarts by adding _index_earliest= to your search.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

nicolociraci — Tue, 08 May 2018 07:35:18 GMT

I'm already aware of that, and it's not the issue.

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

nicolociraci — Tue, 08 May 2018 07:41:50 GMT

I can't post the real data, but I will post the props.conf (with thelatest configuration) and censored data.

[MailboxAuditDisabled]
FIELD_HEADER_REGEX = ^\s*("Name.*)
PREAMBLE_REGEX = ^#TYPE.*

Data

#TYPE Selected.Microsoft.Exchange.Data.Directory.Management.Mailbox
"Name","Alias","ServerName","AuditEnabled"
"foo","bar","server-foo","False"
"foobar","bar2","server-foo2","False"
"foofoo","barbar","server-foo","False"
"foo3","bar2","server-foo3","False"

Note that the data is splitted in multiple events. In my installation I've two indexer (the configuration is deployed on both of them).

Re: How to import this kind of CSV data?

koshyk — Wed, 09 May 2018 10:39:21 GMT

Below Configuration worked correctly

# inputs.conf
[monitor:///tmp/csv/*.csv]
sourcetype=MailboxAuditDisabled
index=my_index

 # props.conf
[MailboxAuditDisabled]
FIELD_HEADER_REGEX=^\s*("Name.*)
PREAMBLE_REGEX = ^#TYPE.*
FIELD_DELIMITER=,
FIELD_QUOTE="

Sample data kept in /tmp/csv/sample1.csv

#TYPE Selected.Micro.EX.data.xyz.mailbox
"Name","Alias","Servername","AuditEnabled"
"emp1","empA1","server1","false"
"emp2","empA2","server2","true"
"emp3","empA3","server3","false"

The props.conf needs to be in Indexers && Heavy Forwarders if you are using them