What is the purpose of macros.conf, and what is the path for it?

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What is macros.conf and what is its use? What could be the path for macros.conf?

[sundareshr · Accepted solution]

Search macros are reusable chunks of Search Processing Language (SPL) that you can insert into other searches. Macros you define, are stored in macros.conf

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.3/Knowledge/Definesearchmacros

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/6.4.3/Admin/Listofconfigurationfiles