.csv file input indexed and available in splunk but the data is invisible

[saikatr]

I have a data input for .csv files on splunk, these files are created on a daily basis and named with the day's datestamp as filename, such as _20150521120829589.csv.

I can see that the files are being indexed and its turning up events on search. but when I try to view the contents of the file (say for example using "<all the required search query here> | table Record_Type Action Client_Id Sku-Id" it gives me empty tables, even though it shows the value for statistics as 444,942.

Two things stand out when i check the splunkd.log

1.Breaking event because limit of 256 has been exceeded
2.. Too many events (100K) with the same timestamp: incrementing timestamps 1 second(s) into the future to insure retrievability

I took a look at the csv file and the number of rows is above 111k. Can anyone please advise how I make the data visible (as it seems available)?

[woodcock · Accepted solution]

You have to tell Splunk if and how extract fields and it does not seem like you have done this.

You need to modify props.conf with something like this:

[YourSourcetypeHere]
INDEXED_EXTRACTIONS = CSV
HEADER_FIELD_LINE_NUMBER = 1

Read all about it here:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Extractfieldsfromfileheadersatindextime

The errors are related to Splunk not being able to find timestamps. You also need to tell Splunk how to find the timestamp in each event. Read all about it here:

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Data/Configuretimestamprecognition

[nawazns5038]

Too many events (100K) with the same timestamp: incrementing timestamps 1 second(s) into the future to insure retrievability

Even I am having the same error but my data does not have a timestamp in the event, so I kept it to DATETIME_CONFIG=CURRENT . 

How do I overcome this error ? 

[woodcock]

Also, this configuration needs to be sent out to your forwarder and the Splunk instance restarted before it will work.