Hello,
I just realized that the "punct" field is missing in our Splunk QA environment but only in IIS logs.
I didn't use this field before, so unfortunately, I don't know when the issue started.
But the only difference I can see is Splunk version:
in 7.0.6 it exists and in 7.2.3 it's not.
Can somebody explain what can I check there?
thanks in advance.
Check out the FIELDALIAS commands in ./Splunk_TA_microsoft-iis/default/props.conf. Depending on what you're logging out of IIS, they can jack up your field extractions. Usually it disappears your host field, but I wouldn't put it past them to mess up the punct field too.
See also: https://answers.splunk.com/answers/693737/splunk-720-field-aliases-incorrect-behavior.html
@sergeye - do you really need this punct
field? because the current Splunk classes emphasize that its creation is expensive and that you should avoid creating it if not needed...
Hi,
unfortunately I have some very complicated query based on this field, which is a basis for another complicated query etc... so I really need that.
Oh, then it makes perfect sense.
Hi,
check that you don't have ANNOTATE_PUNCT=false under the iis_log sourcetype in props.conf
(see https://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Admin/Propsconf )
you can check from command line with a command such as
splunk btool props list iis_log --debug |grep -i annotate_punct
(replace iis_log by your sourcetype as necessary)
BTW, you probably mean 7.1.3 as 7.2.3 doesn't exist yet.
Hi,
Sorry for a mistake.
My new Splunk version is 7.2.1.
I checked the annotate_punct on both Splunk itself and UF servers and it's in each place "True".
So probably that's not my issue...
Did you check the search mode you are using? See the docs on searches modes http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Search/Changethesearchmode
You might be in fast
mode?
cheers, MuS
Hi MuS, thanks for your input.
I run the search in Verbose mode.
I guess there is some issue with my sourcetype (iisadv) but I'm unable to understand what exactly...