https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163918#M46563 <P>This should help.</P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123629/add-an-alternative-name-as-an-extra-index-identifier">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123629/add-an-alternative-name-as-an-extra-index-identifier</A></P> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:07:37 GMT somesoni2 2014-02-24T19:07:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163917#M46562 <P>Is it possible to store additional data with an index? For example, if I wanted to add a custom tag an index to identify it as coming from a particular test environment?</P> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 18:59:13 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163917#M46562 ssledzie 2014-02-24T18:59:13Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163918#M46563 <P>This should help.</P> <P><A href="http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123629/add-an-alternative-name-as-an-extra-index-identifier">http://answers.splunk.com/answers/123629/add-an-alternative-name-as-an-extra-index-identifier</A></P> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:07:37 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163918#M46563 somesoni2 2014-02-24T19:07:37Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163919#M46564 <P>The example seem to want me to add the field to a specific index. Do you know if I can configure tags.conf to add this to all indexes?</P> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:56:25 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163919#M46564 ssledzie 2014-02-24T19:56:25Z https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163920#M46565 <P>I guess you have to do it for all indexes individually</P> Mon, 24 Feb 2014 20:49:58 GMT https://community.splunk.com/t5/Splunk-Search/Custom-index-metadata/m-p/163920#M46565 somesoni2 2014-02-24T20:49:58Z