https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42415#M179056 <P>thanks for this information, the documentation has been updated to clarify:<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Addadatabaseconnection#Manage_database_connections_via_configuration_files">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Addadatabaseconnection#Manage_database_connections_via_configuration_files</A></P> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:28:28 GMT piebob 2013-03-05T20:28:28Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42413#M179054 <P>Just commenting here because I'm not sure that the documentation is really clear on the point: when adding a local database like sqlite, the database name should be the fully qualified path to the database file.</P> Mon, 25 Feb 2013 18:16:44 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42413#M179054 pehlke 2013-02-25T18:16:44Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42414#M179055 <P>Correct. </P> <P>Alternatively you can place the SQLite file into <CODE>$SPLUNK_HOME/var/dbx</CODE> (you might need to create this directory) and name it as <CODE>database_name.sqlitedb</CODE>, then you can use "database_name" instead of the fully qualified path. </P> Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:27:10 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42414#M179055 ziegfried 2013-02-26T09:27:10Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42415#M179056 <P>thanks for this information, the documentation has been updated to clarify:<BR /> <A href="http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Addadatabaseconnection#Manage_database_connections_via_configuration_files">http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/DBX/1.0.8/DeployDBX/Addadatabaseconnection#Manage_database_connections_via_configuration_files</A></P> Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:28:28 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Local-database-name/m-p/42415#M179056 piebob 2013-03-05T20:28:28Z