Getting Data In

Index only rows that match a pattern

jiaqya
Builder

i have a file with following pattern : SERVICESTATE::CRITICAL , which updates everyday.
this file also has many other rows which does not have the above pattern.
i would like to only index the rows that match this pattern.
could i get help on how this can be done...

thanks,
john.

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somesoni2
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You believe you want to do - "Keep specific events and discard the rest". So follow instruction from below link and use appropriate REGEX for your pattern.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.1.1/Forwarding/Routeandfilterdatad#Keep_specific_event...

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