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Setting up props.conf and transforms.conf log filtering in Splunk Web. Can you point me to the relevant documentation?

Svill321
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I apologize if this is a very obvious question, but I'm completely lost.

A project I am working on is to filter the logs coming in so they are never indexed in the first place. Using a question here, I was able to make these props.conf and tranforms.conf files:

#props
[sourcetype]
TRANSFORMS-set=setnull,setparsing

#transforms
[setnull]
REGEX = .
DEST_KEY = queue
FORMAT = nullQueue

[setparsing]
REGEX = regex_to_match_at_front_(code1|code2|code3)

DSET_KEY = queue
FORMAT = indexQueue

Here is the question I got this from:
https://answers.splunk.com/answers/185495/how-to-configure-propsconf-and-transformsconf-to-s-1.html

Now I need to test this. Sonce I have to do this via Splunk Web, I'm trying to set up these options in a new sourcetype, via the advanced options. I know I can set up a sourcetype to properly parse the events, but whenever I some of the code as new settings, Splunk automatically deletes them (as with TRANSFORMS-set=setnull,setparsing) or replaces them (I obviously cannot have two REGEX). Basically, is it even possible to set this up in Splunk Web? If so, can you link me to the relevant documentation. I don't have access to the backend, so I need to decide how to proceed.

Thank you.

P.S. If anyone has another way of whitelisting events, I'd like to hear about it.

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somesoni2
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These are advanced options which are not available from Web UI. You would need to setup these up using conf file updates.

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somesoni2
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These are advanced options which are not available from Web UI. You would need to setup these up using conf file updates.

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