topic How to extract custom dimensions from plugin_instance when we are using collectd? in Getting Data In https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-extract-custom-dimensions-from-plugin-instance-when-we/m-p/422166#M74181 <P>According to <A href="https://static.rainfocus.com/splunk/splunkconf18/sess/152358836537300102rl/finalPDF/Getting-Logs-and-Metrics-1888_1538788710193001rJsB.pdf" target="_blank">Getting logs and metrics into metricstore</A> presentation slide 23 - GDI: collectd write_http plugin:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>"plugin_instance is currently the only dimension extracted in addition to the default available dimensions"</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>it means that we can send only one custom dimension not longer than 128 simbols.<BR /> We are using <A href="https://github.com/signalfx/integrations/tree/master/collectd-hadoop" target="_blank"> Apache Hadoop plugin for collectd</A> to collect apache hadoop metrics.</P> <P>Could you give any advice how can I extract few dimensions in Splunk from plugin_instance in case i will send a few of them like in sample:<BR /> "plugin_instance":"[dim1:val1,dim2:val2,dim3:val3]"</P> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:12:59 GMT vladislavplaksy 2020-09-30T00:12:59Z How to extract custom dimensions from plugin_instance when we are using collectd? https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-extract-custom-dimensions-from-plugin-instance-when-we/m-p/422166#M74181 <P>According to <A href="https://static.rainfocus.com/splunk/splunkconf18/sess/152358836537300102rl/finalPDF/Getting-Logs-and-Metrics-1888_1538788710193001rJsB.pdf" target="_blank">Getting logs and metrics into metricstore</A> presentation slide 23 - GDI: collectd write_http plugin:</P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>"plugin_instance is currently the only dimension extracted in addition to the default available dimensions"</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>it means that we can send only one custom dimension not longer than 128 simbols.<BR /> We are using <A href="https://github.com/signalfx/integrations/tree/master/collectd-hadoop" target="_blank"> Apache Hadoop plugin for collectd</A> to collect apache hadoop metrics.</P> <P>Could you give any advice how can I extract few dimensions in Splunk from plugin_instance in case i will send a few of them like in sample:<BR /> "plugin_instance":"[dim1:val1,dim2:val2,dim3:val3]"</P> Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:12:59 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-extract-custom-dimensions-from-plugin-instance-when-we/m-p/422166#M74181 vladislavplaksy 2020-09-30T00:12:59Z