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Limit WMI Input

jumper4000
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We pull in all the security event logs using WMI. However, it's pulling in WAY too much data. Is there a way to limit what gets pulled into Splunk? For example, to only pull in certain Event IDs?

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sdaniels
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Based on a regex you could send unwanted data to the the nullqueue. See link below. That might help reduce the amount of data that you are searching on.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Deploy/Routeandfilterdatad#Filter_event_data_and_...

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sdaniels
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

Based on a regex you could send unwanted data to the the nullqueue. See link below. That might help reduce the amount of data that you are searching on.

http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/Deploy/Routeandfilterdatad#Filter_event_data_and_...

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