Solved: Are Excel files supported by Splunk? - Splunk Community

Getting Data In

Are Excel files supported by Splunk?

We uploaded via the forwarder a file and it doesn't look pleasant ; -)

$ tail NewExcelFile.xls
TGý
Tpý
Tqý
Tp¾
Tý
T.ý
,ý
T       9×.N

1 Solution

Solution

Yes. It looks like your file is binary. Do you have any formatting or bold in the file?

It should be a simple excel file without any formatting

View solution in original post

Solution

Yes. It looks like your file is binary. Do you have any formatting or bold in the file?

It should be a simple excel file without any formatting

Interesting - let me check...

Get Updates on the Splunk Community!

[Puzzles] Solve, Learn, Reuse: Word-play

This puzzle series (first published here) is based on analysing words.Some of the statements in your puzzle ...

Tuning Edge Processor in Hybrid Mode: What Limits Each Data Path

When you run Edge Processor in hybrid mode, alongside a Splunk heavy forwarder on the same host, two questions ...

Best Practices: Splunk auto adjust pipeline queue

When you enable autoAdjustQueue in Splunk, maxSize should be understood as the queue size Splunk starts with ...