well i was able to fix this issue myself. Had to install the splunk forwarder appliance add-on to get this working.
http://splunk-base.splunk.com/apps/34149/splunk-forwarder-appliance-add-on-for-websphere-application-server
The documentation is pretty complicated i must say, but got this working, if you need help with it, let me know.
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