topic Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names in Splunk Search

DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

sanujss — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 14:50:48 GMT

I have connected to a MySQL Table which has 10 columns using DB Connect. It gets the data in search. But in the search, it doesn't show as columns in "Table" view.I can see all the fields as comma separated in Raw and List format. What to do for this ?

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

treywebb — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 15:14:09 GMT

Add the fields as selected fields and they should then show up in the table view.

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

sanujss — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 16:49:48 GMT

the fields are not showing up for selection. that is the issue

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

araitz — Mon, 06 Jan 2014 17:57:37 GMT

I'm not sure I quite understand. Do you mean that when you look at the results in the search view "table" mode, nothing shows up? If so, can you try adding " | table *" to the end of your search?

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

sanujss — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:05:16 GMT

It is showing data. But all the columns are clubbed together and showing in one column. If I load a CSV file, and view in table mode, it resolves the column names and shows like a neat table. But that is not happening when I connect the DB directly

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

sanujss — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 05:08:43 GMT

Also, When I do DB Queries, it is properly showing as columns. But I don't want to run queries every time and it could affect the DB performance as it tries to run complex queries

Re: DB Connect not resolving MySQL Table column names

sanujss — Tue, 07 Jan 2014 12:16:30 GMT

Finally got it fixed . I used Key Value as the source type than CSV. Now it is perfectly resolving the columns without any additional configuration changes 🙂