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how to set field type as string when upload local csv file

guifeng007
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when upload local csv file, i can't found a way to set field from number type to string type. By default splunk set the field with numer type which i don't want. So, i wonder to know how to set field type as string when upload csv file.

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richgalloway
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SplunkTrust

Splunk generally doesn't care about data type. A sequence of digits will be treated as a number by default and as a string when necessary. You can always force conversion to a string with tostring().

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richgalloway
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Splunk generally doesn't care about data type. A sequence of digits will be treated as a number by default and as a string when necessary. You can always force conversion to a string with tostring().

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