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Where to put extract statement

a212830
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Hi,

I am processing some logs on a universal forwarder, which then sends the data to some indexers, which are searched from a search-head on a different server. I need to do an extract on the logfiles. Where should the extract statements go? In the props.conf on the receiving indexers, or the search-head?

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kristian_kolb
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If you are talking about props.conf EXTRACT, or REPORT that should be on the search head.
If you are talking about index-time operations, like TRANSFORMS - on the indexer.

http://wiki.splunk.com/Where_do_I_configure_my_Splunk_settings

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