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Can we define multiple sourcetypes for field aliases, calculated fields, automatic lookups etc?

HeinzWaescher
Motivator

Hi,

is it possible to define field aliases, calculated fields, or automatic lookups for multiple sourcetypes? It would be great to avoid creating a configuration for every sourcetype itself. Wildcards don't help here.

Best

Heinz

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alacercogitatus
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

No, you cannot have wildcarded sourcetype configurations. As @woodcock mentioned, there is a hack, a really messy hack. It is undocumented for many reasons.

You should not use it for these reasons:

  1. This feature is not a feature
  2. It is not supported
  3. It is not QA'ed
  4. It is not guaranteed to exist in next release
  5. Performance impacts at scale
  6. Adds complexity to troubleshooting and future development

Here is the blog post where this stems from http://blogs.splunk.com/2014/07/31/quick-tip-wildcard-sourcetypes-in-props-conf/
Additionally - @jrodman says not to use it, and he would know.

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