Getting Data In

Split list of JSON objects into events

shakSplunk
Path Finder

Hi all,

I had a previous question that got solved here:
https://community.splunk.com/t5/Getting-Data-In/Split-a-nested-json-array-with-key-value-pairs/m-p/5...

However, with a slight variation to the input json data, splunk is no longer separating out each object as an event (changed "Rows" into "Root" and "timestamp" into "Timestamp"). 

Similar to the question above, I have the following input data (this is nicely structured, whereas in the file it is instead one long line):

{
    "Root": [
        {
            "Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:34",
            "Region": "rcc",
            "Hostname": "lx206",
            "Version": "123",
            "Environment": "E"
        },
        {
            "Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:33",
            "Region": "rcc",
            "Hostname": "lx206",
            "Version": "123",
            "Environment": "E"
        },
        {
            "Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:32",
            "Region": "rcc",
            "Hostname": "lx206",
            "Version": "123",
            "Environment": "S"
        },
        {
            "Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:31",
            "Region": "rcc",
            "Hostname": "lx206",
            "Version": "123",
            "Catridge": "UPP",
            "CatridgeType": "Product",
            "Environment": "S"
        }
    ]
}

 The following props.config was used before, however no longer works with the new data:

CHARSET=AUTO
DATETIME_CONFIG=
LINE_BREAKER=}(,){\"timestamp\"
NO_BINARY_CHECK=true
SEDCMD-a=s/{"Rows": \[//g
SEDCMD-b=s/\]}//g
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
disabled=false
pulldown_type=true
category=Custom

With the new input data, I've tried modifying the config file to produce the following, however one event is produced instead of separating each object into an event:

CHARSET=AUTO
DATETIME_CONFIG=
LINE_BREAKER=}(,){\"Timestamp\"
NO_BINARY_CHECK=true
SEDCMD-a=s/{"Root": \[//g
SEDCMD-b=s/\]}//g
TRUNCATE=0
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
disabled=false
pulldown_type=true
category=Custom

Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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kamlesh_vaghela
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

@shakSplunk 

This configuration works for me. Can you please try this?

LINE_BREAKER = }(,){\"Timestamp\"
NO_BINARY_CHECK = true
SEDCMD-a = s/{"Root": \[//g
SEDCMD-b = s/\]}//g
category = Custom
pulldown_type = true
disabled = false
BREAK_ONLY_BEFORE_DATE = 
SHOULD_LINEMERGE = false

 

My Sample data:

{"Root": [{"Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:34","Region": "rcc","Hostname": "lx206","Version": "123","Environment": "E"},{"Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:33","Region": "rcc","Hostname": "lx206","Version": "123","Environment": "E"},{"Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:32","Region": "rcc","Hostname": "lx206","Version": "123","Environment": "S"},{"Timestamp": "03-06-2021 13:52:31","Region": "rcc","Hostname": "lx206","Version": "123","Catridge": "UPP","CatridgeType": "Product","Environment": "S"}]}

 

Screenshot 2021-06-07 at 5.03.00 PM.png

 Thanks
KV
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