I am attempting to overwrite the timestamp Splunk has assigned to each event, with a field which holds an events month, and another with its year. A modification to props.conf would be preferable compared to an inline change, as I would like to call earliest=@mon etc which I believe cannot be done with a _time=......
Thanks.
Splunk areadly does that for you.
Splunk has the following data time fields:
Additional Reading:
Aboutdefaultfields
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There was an internal timestamp which was being used to overwrite _time, however that timestamp has been dropped in favour of aggregating events on a monthly basis. Hence why I am looking to base _time on the month and year fields within the data.
Currently I have modified the props.conf to include TIME_PREFIX and TIME_FORMAT options.
I will return will its success.
You should probably post a few sample events, and describe which part you want to change. Are you sure that this isn't more about getting Splunk to understand (better) the timestamp(s) already inside the event.
Splunk areadly does that for you.
Splunk has the following data time fields:
Additional Reading:
Aboutdefaultfields
Hope this helps or gets you started. Dont forget to accept and vote up answers that help.