Time format XML Multiple lines

[rmanrique]

I don't know what to specify in the time_format so that it captures the date (<ActionDate>) and time (<ActionTime>), whose data is separated into separate lines.

XML file

<Interceptor>
		<AttackCoords>-80.33100097073213,25.10742916222947</AttackCoords>
		<Outcome>Interdiction</Outcome>
		<Infiltrators>23</Infiltrators>
		<Enforcer>Ironwood</Enforcer>
		<ActionDate>2013-04-24</ActionDate>
		<ActionTime>00:07:00</ActionTime>
		<RecordNotes></RecordNotes>
		<NumEscaped>0</NumEscaped>
		<LaunchCoords>-80.23429525620114,24.08680387475695</LaunchCoords>
		<AttackVessel>Rustic</AttackVessel>
	</Interceptor>

This is the configuration that I have in my props.conf

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE_DATE = 
DATETIME_CONFIG = 
LINE_BREAKER = </Interceptor>([\r\n]+)
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
category = 
disabled = false
pulldown_type = true
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S
TIME_PREFIX = <ActionDate>

 The TIME_FORMAT part is what I have to correct. I tried to put this in, but it didn't work.

TIME_FORMAT= %Y-%m-%d</ActionDate>%n<ActionTime>%H:%M:%S

 Any ideas

[dmarling]

Based on a previous answer: https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/How-to-set-date-time-stamps-across-two-lines-in-xml-... it appears as if you can ignore the line break so it would be something like this:

TIME_FORMAT= %Y-%m-%d</ActionDate><ActionTime>%H:%M:%S

[rmanrique]

I got this error message.

Is the time_prefix I used okay?

[dmarling]

I played with your example and adjusted the date of it so I wouldn't have to mess with max lookbehind:

	<Interceptor>
		<AttackCoords>-80.33100097073213,25.10742916222947</AttackCoords>
		<Outcome>Interdiction</Outcome>
		<Infiltrators>23</Infiltrators>
		<Enforcer>Ironwood</Enforcer>
		<ActionDate>2020-05-24</ActionDate>
		<ActionTime>00:07:00</ActionTime>
		<RecordNotes></RecordNotes>
		<NumEscaped>0</NumEscaped>
		<LaunchCoords>-80.23429525620114,24.08680387475695</LaunchCoords>
		<AttackVessel>Rustic</AttackVessel>
	</Interceptor>

I got the date/time to pull correctly with the below parameters:

TIME_PREFIX = <ActionDate>
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d</ActionDate>%n		<ActionTime>%H:%M:%S

[dmarling · Accepted solution]

If you do have data from 2013 you can add MAX_DAYS_AGO to make it work:

[rmanrique]

Thank you!

I finally used MAX_DAYS_AGO to make it work. 

BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE_DATE = 
DATETIME_CONFIG = 
LINE_BREAKER = </Interceptor>([\r\n]+)
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false
category = 
disabled = false
pulldown_type = true
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d</ActionDate>%n<ActionTime>%H:%M:%S
TIME_PREFIX = <ActionDate>
MAX_DAYS_AGO = 3650