Configure event type templates

Event type templates create event types at search time. If you have Splunk Enterprise, you define event type templates in eventtypes.conf. Edit eventtypes.conf in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/, or your own custom app directory in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/apps/.

For more information on configuration files in general, see "About configuration files" in the Admin manual.

Event type template configuration

Event type templates use a field name surrounded by percent characters to create event types at search time where the %$FIELD% value is substituted into the name of the event type. 

[$NAME-%$FIELD%]
$SEARCH_QUERY

So if the search query in the template returns an event where %$FIELD%=bar, an event type titled $NAME-bar is created for that event.

Example

[cisco-%code%]
search = cisco

If a search on "cisco" returns an event that has code=432, Splunk Enterprise creates an event type titled "cisco-432".