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How to edit or delete a custom field

lihong007
Engager

I have just created a field, and realized that is not what I want. I would like either delete it and create a new one, or update it. How can I do it?

thanks

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MHibbin
Influencer

How did you create you field extraction?

If you used the IFX (Interactive Field eXtractor), you can do this in...

"Manager">>"Fields">>"Field Extractions">> Choose field for modifying/deleting.

If you did this in props.conf (you can also remove those created in IFX) this way too... you can find the props.conf files containing the extractions and modify/hash/remove the extraction and restart the Splunk services. The props.conf file will be in one of the following locations...

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/apps/<appName>/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/apps/<appName>/props.conf

Regards,

Matt

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MHibbin
Influencer

How did you create you field extraction?

If you used the IFX (Interactive Field eXtractor), you can do this in...

"Manager">>"Fields">>"Field Extractions">> Choose field for modifying/deleting.

If you did this in props.conf (you can also remove those created in IFX) this way too... you can find the props.conf files containing the extractions and modify/hash/remove the extraction and restart the Splunk services. The props.conf file will be in one of the following locations...

$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/default/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/apps/<appName>/props.conf
$SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/apps/<appName>/props.conf

Regards,

Matt

lihong007
Engager

I found answer:

In Splunk Web, you navigate to the Field extractions page by selecting Manager > Fields > Field extractions.

For more information, see "Use the Field extractions page in Manager".

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