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Dissect processor
editDissect processor
editSimilar to the Grok Processor, dissect also extracts structured fields out of a single text field within a document. However unlike the Grok Processor, dissect does not use Regular Expressions. This allows dissect’s syntax to be simple and for some cases faster than the Grok Processor.
Dissect matches a single text field against a defined pattern.
For example the following pattern:
%{clientip} %{ident} %{auth} [%{@timestamp}] \"%{verb} %{request} HTTP/%{httpversion}\" %{status} %{size}
will match a log line of this format:
1.2.3.4 - - [30/Apr/1998:22:00:52 +0000] \"GET /english/venues/cities/images/montpellier/18.gif HTTP/1.0\" 200 3171
and result in a document with the following fields:
"doc": { "_index": "_index", "_type": "_type", "_id": "_id", "_source": { "request": "/english/venues/cities/images/montpellier/18.gif", "auth": "-", "ident": "-", "verb": "GET", "@timestamp": "30/Apr/1998:22:00:52 +0000", "size": "3171", "clientip": "1.2.3.4", "httpversion": "1.0", "status": "200" } }
A dissect pattern is defined by the parts of the string that will be discarded. In the example above the first part
to be discarded is a single space. Dissect finds this space, then assigns the value of clientip
is everything up
until that space.
Later dissect matches the [
and then ]
and then assigns @timestamp
to everything in-between [
and ]
.
Paying special attention the parts of the string to discard will help build successful dissect patterns.
Successful matches require all keys in a pattern to have a value. If any of the %{keyname}
defined in the pattern do
not have a value, then an exception is thrown and may be handled by the on_failure directive.
An empty key %{}
or a named skip key can be used to match values, but exclude the value from
the final document. All matched values are represented as string data types. The convert processor
may be used to convert to expected data type.
Dissect also supports key modifiers that can change dissect’s default behavior. For example you can instruct dissect to ignore certain fields, append fields, skip over padding, etc. See below for more information.
Table 11. Dissect Options
Name | Required | Default | Description |
---|---|---|---|
|
yes |
- |
The field to dissect |
|
yes |
- |
The pattern to apply to the field |
|
no |
"" (empty string) |
The character(s) that separate the appended fields. |
|
no |
false |
If |
|
no |
- |
Conditionally execute this processor. |
|
no |
- |
Handle failures for this processor. See Handling Failures in Pipelines. |
|
no |
|
Ignore failures for this processor. See Handling Failures in Pipelines. |
|
no |
- |
An identifier for this processor. Useful for debugging and metrics. |
{ "dissect": { "field": "message", "pattern" : "%{clientip} %{ident} %{auth} [%{@timestamp}] \"%{verb} %{request} HTTP/%{httpversion}\" %{status} %{size}" } }
Dissect key modifiers
editKey modifiers can change the default behavior for dissection. Key modifiers may be found on the left or right
of the %{keyname}
always inside the %{
and }
. For example %{+keyname ->}
has the append and right padding
modifiers.
Table 12. Dissect Key Modifiers
Modifier | Name | Position | Example | Description | Details |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Skip right padding |
(far) right |
|
Skips any repeated characters to the right |
|
|
Append |
left |
|
Appends two or more fields together |
|
|
Append with order |
left and right |
|
Appends two or more fields together in the order specified |
|
|
Named skip key |
left |
|
Skips the matched value in the output. Same behavior as |
|
|
Reference keys |
left |
|
Sets the output key as value of |
Right padding modifier (->
)
editThe algorithm that performs the dissection is very strict in that it requires all characters in the pattern to match
the source string. For example, the pattern %{fookey} %{barkey}
(1 space), will match the string "foo bar"
(1 space), but will not match the string "foo bar" (2 spaces) since the pattern has only 1 space and the
source string has 2 spaces.
The right padding modifier helps with this case. Adding the right padding modifier to the pattern %{fookey->} %{barkey}
,
It will now will match "foo bar" (1 space) and "foo bar" (2 spaces)
and even "foo bar" (10 spaces).
Use the right padding modifier to allow for repetition of the characters after a %{keyname->}
.
The right padding modifier may be placed on any key with any other modifiers. It should always be the furthest right
modifier. For example: %{+keyname/1->}
and %{->}
Right padding modifier example
Pattern |
|
Input |
1998-08-10T17:15:42,466 WARN |
Result |
|
The right padding modifier may be used with an empty key to help skip unwanted data. For example, the same input string, but wrapped with brackets requires the use of an empty right padded key to achieve the same result.
Right padding modifier with empty key example
Pattern |
|
Input |
[1998-08-10T17:15:42,466] [WARN] |
Result |
|
Append modifier (+
)
editDissect supports appending two or more results together for the output. Values are appended left to right. An append separator can be specified. In this example the append_separator is defined as a space.
Append modifier example
Pattern |
|
Input |
john jacob jingleheimer schmidt |
Result |
|
Append with order modifier (+
and /n
)
editDissect supports appending two or more results together for the output.
Values are appended based on the order defined (/n
). An append separator can be specified.
In this example the append_separator is defined as a comma.
Append with order modifier example
Pattern |
|
Input |
john jacob jingleheimer schmidt |
Result |
|
Named skip key (?
)
editDissect supports ignoring matches in the final result. This can be done with an empty key %{}
, but for readability
it may be desired to give that empty key a name.
Named skip key modifier example
Pattern |
|
Input |
1.2.3.4 - - [30/Apr/1998:22:00:52 +0000] |
Result |
|
Reference keys (*
and &
)
editDissect support using parsed values as the key/value pairings for the structured content. Imagine a system that partially logs in key/value pairs. Reference keys allow you to maintain that key/value relationship.
Reference key modifier example
Pattern |
|
Input |
[2018-08-10T17:15:42,466] [ERR] ip:1.2.3.4 error:REFUSED |
Result |
|
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