Getting Data In

Is it possible to skip the default indexing in splunk?

saipavan
Explorer

Is it possible to skip the default indexing that happens in splunk. I would like to get the raw data back without indexing it.

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lguinn2
Legend

Are you saying that you want each input source to be a single event?

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Perhaps I don't understand the question, but indexing is what makes it possible to get the raw data back. Splunk can't find your data without the index.

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martin_mueller
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Describe your use case from a more abstract point of view.

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saipavan
Explorer

The splunk indexer convert the raw data into separate events to store it in its database or forward it. What i want is to skip the default indexing. I want the raw data not to be converted into events. Is it a posiblity?

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