Getting Data In

AWS VPC Flow logs getting ingested non-human readable format

sathiyasun
Explorer

Standard format of data ingestion with default setup sending data via HEC token, Data getting ingested non-human readable format. Tried creating a new token and sourcetype but still no luck. Please advise what else should we do differently to get proper format.

 

12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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 12/3/24
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 12/3/24
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 12/3/24
9:21:58.000 AM
 
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