Clicking the Next button on the first page of the Add Log wizard enables you to apply patterns on the incoming log data in order to normalize the log records into tabular format.
The page that appears as a result of clicking Next is divided into three sections, as follows:
- Upper pane – Text sample from the log selected. This pane presents original data from the incoming log. You can copy paste other log data in this section, and then click the Verify link. You can also refresh the display by clicking the Reset link.
- Central pane – Provides you with three different ways for configuring patterns to apply on the log data.
- Wizard – Use the wizard to create or modify a pattern. As part of the wizard, you can set different indications on each column such as type, length, optional, column name and more (more information on each type is presented in the wizard itself)/
- Manual – for advanced users who are familiar with the Pattern language; enter a pattern manually by using XpoLog Patterns language.
- Automatic – XpoLog matches patterns automatically and suggests possible patterns.
- Bottom pane – Log records analysis results. Shows the results of each parsing, i.e. applying the pattern to the log data.
Configuring Additional Patterns
You can configure additional patterns for logs that have different types of records that cannot be represented by a single pattern.
To configure an additional pattern:
- In the central pane, click the New tab.
A new Pattern tab opens, where you can add a new pattern.
Configuring a Manual Pattern
You can configure a pattern to apply on the log records using the Pattern language.
To configure a manual pattern:
- In the toolbar of the central pane, for Pattern Editor, click Manual.
- Type a pattern using Pattern language (see XpoLog Patterns Language). This pattern is to be applied on the log data to normalize the log records into tabular format.