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csv files can't ignore headers

mmekroud
Explorer

Dear all,

Actually working on csv files on Splunk (v6.2.3), i have such troubles to index them correctly,

contains data are like the followings:

filed1; field2; filed3; DATE
content1; content2; content3; 23-02-2015
content4; content5; content6; 24-02-2016
...

So, when I set the input.conf and transforms.conf it recognize my fields but I still get in my search the csv header on the first line of my field , and "DATE" is shown as DATE: DATEcontent1;

bellow my props & transforms configuration

props.conf:

[source::.../report_*.csv]

CHECK_FOR_HEADER = true
SHOULD_LINEMERGE=false
INDEXED_EXTRACTIONS = csv
TIME_FORMAT = %Y-%m-%d
KV_MODE = none
TZ = UTC

report_extract=extract_field

Transforms.conf:

[report_extract=extract_field]
DELIMS = ";"
FIELDS ="filed1","field2","field3","DATE"

thanks in advance for your help,

regards,
mm

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richgalloway
SplunkTrust
SplunkTrust

Try adding the following to your props.conf file. Then you shouldn't need the transforms.conf stanza.

FIELD_DELIMITER=;
HEADER_FIELD_DELIMITER=;
TIMESTAMP_FIELDS=DATE
TIME_FORMAT=%d-%m-%Y
---
If this reply helps you, Karma would be appreciated.
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mmekroud
Explorer

Thank you richgalloway for your reply,
i added what you suggest and removed the transforms.conf , but this time , it doesn't recover any field

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