Using the Cisco Stealthwatch Data Exporter application, de-duplicated, stitched, flow records can be retrieved from the Flow Forwarder Dock Container on the Stealthwatch Flow Collector over a web socket. This Technology Add-on provides the necessary knowledge objects to ensure the flow records collected are common information model compliant. Furthermore, the add-on provides the necessary index-time configurations to perform the proper line break, time extractions, etc.