How to search a log file in a path

[syedikramulla]

Hello,

My application will generate a daily log file with the file name App_YYYYMMDD.log.  Example App_20220118.log, App_20220119.log.   I am trying to write a query which should return a table with single column having value as '0',  if the file for current week day is not generated.  The query should also have an condition to  wait for certain time before returning '0'. For example, let's say query should wait for 8 hours from the start of the day (12 AM) before returning the result.  Can you please share if you have written similar query.

Regards,

Syed

[ITWhisperer]

Are you ingesting these logs?

Is it that you want to know at 8am, if a log for that day has been ingested?

If so, schedule a report to run at 8am and find the latest log name. This is often indexed as source. You can then extract the date from the source field and compare it today's date

[syedikramulla]

Yes I am ingesting the log file contents and have a query to generate an alert if there's an error message in the log file.  Not sure if file name is also ingested.  Let me check that.