topic Re: props.conf in Getting Data In

props.conf

EHariharan — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:55:59 GMT

Hi All,

can anyone help us to figure out magic six for the below sample log?

SHOULD_LINEMERGE=
LINE_BREAKER=
MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD=
TIME_PREFIX=
TRUNCATE=
TIME_FORMAT=

VersionNumber=7.2 build 13. Maint HF-005,Priority=N/A,LocalTranNumber=I32790D942,RemoteTranNumber=N/A,TransferStartTime=003940,TransferStartDate=20190327,

Thanks in Advance!

Re: props.conf

FrankVl — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:34:52 GMT

What have you tried so far and what problems are you running into? This is a platform for asking questions, not for asking other people to do your job for you 🙂

Re: props.conf

ragedsparrow — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:54:59 GMT

The "magic six" are usually defined by you or whomever knows the data. Essentially, you are telling Splunk where to break the events and how to identify the timestamps for indexing.

I suggest you do this;

Identify what constitutes a new event.
Identify what the timestamp for the event is in the event.

Just looking at that event, the TIME_FORMAT might look like this:
TIME_PREFIX = TransferStartTime=
TIME_FORMAT = %H%M%S,TransferStartDate=%Y%m%d

You may not HAVE to use everything form the Magic 6, but you should try to if you can.

What I usually do is bring in sample data into a standalone instance (usually running on my laptop) and use the "Add Data" ability to bring in the data and test out props before I deploy them out.

Re: props.conf

FrankVl — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:44:48 GMT

I'd move TransferStartTime= to the TIME_PREFIX setting, other than that I had the same suggestion in mind 🙂

Re: props.conf

jnudell_2 — Wed, 30 Sep 2020 00:56:06 GMT

Hi @EHariharan ,
The answer provided by @ragedsparrow is how you should approach data onboarding. However, if you're the one tasked with owning the data, and you're just given some events you might try these values:



SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false

LINE_BREAKER = ([\r\n]+)

TIME_PREFIX = TransferStartTime=

TIME_FORMAT = %H%M%S,TransferStartDate=%Y%m%d

TRUNCATE = 10000

MAX_TIMESTAMP_LOOKAHEAD = 40

Re: props.conf

ragedsparrow — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 13:54:53 GMT

Yeah, that is much better. Modified my answer to reflect that.

Re: props.conf

EHariharan — Fri, 14 Jun 2019 14:52:26 GMT

Thanks, jnudell_2. It worked

Also, I would like to thank ragedsparrow and FrankVl .