https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47060#M179400 <P>Hi ..</P> <P>This is my sample event . splunk is unable to index this file...</P> <P>Is the problem with the '|' symbol ??</P> <P>my Sample event :: </P> <P>01-FEB-2013 09:33:44¦1-4444¦1-4659793125¦1-252BJsE5¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:28¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:43¦Provide¦TransCssonv¦tored¦Committ¦Committed¦Add¦OI2E00571800¦R0152952¦1-4HU4T1¦00206¦777483678¦1-RVK-3¦B2B¦2055817255¦R2100_I2_OR10057_03_701878915_31-1T13-41¦06-FEB-2013 00:00:00¦06-FEB-2013 00:01:00¦06-FEB-2013 00:01:00¦¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:43¦1-252BJE5¦¦¦¦¦05-FEB-2013 09:00:00¦¦¦¦¦¦¦16¦¦¦¦¦¦1-252DM83¦¦¦01-FEB-2013 09:25:44¦N¦¦</P> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:24:56 GMT rakesh_498115 2020-09-28T13:24:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47060#M179400 <P>Hi ..</P> <P>This is my sample event . splunk is unable to index this file...</P> <P>Is the problem with the '|' symbol ??</P> <P>my Sample event :: </P> <P>01-FEB-2013 09:33:44¦1-4444¦1-4659793125¦1-252BJsE5¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:28¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:43¦Provide¦TransCssonv¦tored¦Committ¦Committed¦Add¦OI2E00571800¦R0152952¦1-4HU4T1¦00206¦777483678¦1-RVK-3¦B2B¦2055817255¦R2100_I2_OR10057_03_701878915_31-1T13-41¦06-FEB-2013 00:00:00¦06-FEB-2013 00:01:00¦06-FEB-2013 00:01:00¦¦31-JAN-2013 13:41:43¦1-252BJE5¦¦¦¦¦05-FEB-2013 09:00:00¦¦¦¦¦¦¦16¦¦¦¦¦¦1-252DM83¦¦¦01-FEB-2013 09:25:44¦N¦¦</P> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:24:56 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47060#M179400 rakesh_498115 2020-09-28T13:24:56Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47061#M179401 <P>Unable to index the file? What error do you get in splunkd.log that lead you to believe this?</P> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 13:52:01 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47061#M179401 Ayn 2013-02-28T13:52:01Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47062#M179402 <P>nothing i could see in splunkd.log ..but i could see the error in hostname:8000/services/admin/inputstatus/TailingProcessor%3AFileStatus</P> <P>as "unreadable file type"</P> Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:03:39 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47062#M179402 rakesh_498115 2013-02-28T14:03:39Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47063#M179403 <P>Do you have a props config file for your indexer for this data? Try adding "NO_BINARY_CHECK=1" to it to see if that resolves your problem.</P> Mon, 28 Sep 2020 13:25:04 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47063#M179403 rgcurry 2020-09-28T13:25:04Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47064#M179404 <P>yeah I tried adding this.. but no luck ..my file extn is dat</P> Fri, 01 Mar 2013 20:52:12 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Splunk-unable-to-index-the-file/m-p/47064#M179404 rakesh_498115 2013-03-01T20:52:12Z