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Field extractions are not coming up on splunk.

joydeep741
Path Finder

My field extractions are not coming up on splunk.
- i added the extractions in props.conf (tested them b4 adding).
- made a metadata folder and added a file local.meta and added the following lines :-
[default]
export = system
access = read : [ * ], write : [ admin ]

Any idea, what am i missing ?

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somesoni2
Revered Legend

There is no [default] stanza in local.meta. You'd have to you'd have to create a metadata entry for each EXTRACT/REPORT configuration in your props.conf. Do a restart afterwards.

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ktugwell_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Ah, yes.

You could try:

[]
export = system

Will make all objects global

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ktugwell_splunk
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Did you restart Splunk?

The props.conf and local.meta. Are they the correct file permissions, i.e can the user Splunk is running as read them?

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skoelpin
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

I'm sure you know this, but make sure you're not searching in Fast mode.. Second, I would first try doing search time extractions to verify it's capturing 100% of your fields. Then when your confident in your regex, put it in props.conf

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joydeep741
Path Finder
  • tested my regex by using it in the search query.
  • I am using verbose mode.
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