@jeremyjh, extra information at Configure automatic key-value field extraction
KV_MODE = none
-- Disables field extraction for the source, source type, or host identified by the stanza name. Use this setting to ensure that other regular expressions that you create are not overridden by automatic field/value extraction for a particular source, source type, or host. Use this setting to increase search performance by disabling extraction for common but nonessential fields. We have some field extraction examples at the end of this topic that demonstrate the disabling of field extraction in different circumstances.
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