https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Error-when-testing-out-importing-CSV-data-quot-metric-value-is/m-p/464050#M80023 <P>I'm getting this error when testing out importing a metric from CSV data: </P> <PRE><CODE>The metric value= is not valid for source=pdi_kinesis.csv, sourcetype=kinesis_metrics_csv, index=dev_metrics. Metric event data with an invalid metric value cannot be indexed. Ensure the input metric data is not malformed. </CODE></PRE> <P>The only thing I can think of that might cause this is nulls in the data? ie <CODE>,,</CODE> do I need to have a zero in there?? </P> Fri, 22 May 2020 19:02:44 GMT tb5821 2020-05-22T19:02:44Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Error-when-testing-out-importing-CSV-data-quot-metric-value-is/m-p/464050#M80023 <P>I'm getting this error when testing out importing a metric from CSV data: </P> <PRE><CODE>The metric value= is not valid for source=pdi_kinesis.csv, sourcetype=kinesis_metrics_csv, index=dev_metrics. Metric event data with an invalid metric value cannot be indexed. Ensure the input metric data is not malformed. </CODE></PRE> <P>The only thing I can think of that might cause this is nulls in the data? ie <CODE>,,</CODE> do I need to have a zero in there?? </P> Fri, 22 May 2020 19:02:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Error-when-testing-out-importing-CSV-data-quot-metric-value-is/m-p/464050#M80023 tb5821 2020-05-22T19:02:44Z