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Examples using kvform?

Lowell — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 17:53:42 GMT

Does anyone know of any examples of using the kvform search command. The kvform docs seem a bit sparse to me, and I haven't been able to locate any working examples. I'd like to see examples including input files and all configs involved and their locations relative to an app folder.

The docs are unclear on a few points:

What location should the form files be placed? (The docs talk about $PLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/.../form, but does that mean there's a folder called "form"? is it located under local or default.). I assume '...' is the app name.
Can you only extract one field at a time using the kvform search command?
Is it possible to setup automatic extraction for a specified sourcetype via props?

Re: Examples using kvform?

rturk — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 05:16:22 GMT

I'd be interested to see this expanded out too. The documentation & examples are definitely lacking.

Re: Examples using kvform?

Ricapar — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 15:05:12 GMT

I will third that. Some documented examples would be nice.

Re: Examples using kvform?

snoobzilla — Wed, 30 Jul 2014 15:54:26 GMT

I will fourth that.

Re: Examples using kvform?

bshuler_splunk — Thu, 16 Apr 2015 11:35:32 GMT

I am pretty sure it is broken.

Screen shot here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/3f4rj7468qoilln/Screenshot%202015-04-16%2007.29.02.png?dl=0

Sample app here:
http://d.pr/f/wF95

To replicate, import the sample data, ensure you are in the kvform_example app, and run this search:
source="students.txt" | kvform form=students