Getting Data In

Error - saving custom sourcetype data cannot be written

shhhhh
New Member

Error when trying to save sourcetype : In handler 'sourcetypes': Data could not be written: /nobody/destinations/props/myperfmon/pulldown_type: true

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gcusello
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Hi shhhhh,
could you share more details about the steps you did before the error?

Ciao.
Giuseppe

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shhhhh
New Member

Hi! Yes I was trying to create a new source type after adding a new log file as a data input. I also got this error when trying to save my extractions from a source in my destinations application.

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