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  1. In the Wizard pattern editor, click the + button.
    The Edit The Add Field dialog box opens.
  2. In Type, select Separator or another field type, such as String, Text, Date, Priority, Choices, Number, Timestamp, New Line, End of Event, GeoIP, IP Address, Term, Free Text, or an Advanced  Option –Regular Expression, Function, Converter, or Google App Engine.
    The parameters that have to be provided for the selected field type are displayed.
  3. If you want to configure more parameters for the field, click the Advanced link to open the additional parameters for the selected field type.
  4. Complete the parameters, and then click Apply.

Inserting a Separator

 You can insert between log fields one or more spaces or tabs, or any other separator that you choose.

  1. In Type, select Separator

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  2. In Separator, select Space, Tab, or Custom.
  3. If you selected Custom, in Insert separator, type the character to be used as a separator.
  4. In Num of repeats, type the number of the selected separator to insert.
  5. If the selected separator does not appear in all records, click Advanced, and then select the Optional checkbox.
  6. Click Apply.
    The log records are refreshed in the bottom pane with the parsing results.

Note: After clicking Apply, you may get an error, such as The marked field causes the log to be unparsed. In this case, edit or remove the separator.

Modifying a Field

Removing a Field