Getting Data In

How to allow special characters in the header for uploaded CSV data?

chandresh_gurba
Engager

I uploaded CSV data which contains some special characters in headers and values, but after parsing, all special characters were removed from the header.
I want to support all characters in the header. I also tried several Regex patterns in "FIELD_HEADER_REGEX" and "Pattern for prefixed header line", but not able to get proper results.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

CSV headers become Splunk fields so they are limited to the characters allowed in field names. Valid characters for field names are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or _ . Field names cannot start with a digit or underscore.

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

CSV headers become Splunk fields so they are limited to the characters allowed in field names. Valid characters for field names are a-z, A-Z, 0-9, or _ . Field names cannot start with a digit or underscore.

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If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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