The dropEvent()
function can be used both during
queries and within the parser pipeline. Depending on usage, the function
has different behavior. If used during parsing, the event is dropped and
removed entirely from the query output, meaning that the event data will
not be stored in Falcon LogScale. If used within normal searching, the
dropEvent()
function is simply an alias for false -
it behaves the same as false
.
Note
The dropEvent()
does not accept any arguments. The
dropEvent()
has different behaviour depending on
usage in parser or in normal searches.
dropEvent()
Examples
Dropping Events based on Parsing JSON Value
Query
case {
@rawstring="#*"
| dropEvent();
* }
Introduction
When parsing incoming data, it is sometimes the case that the data
includes 'commented' data, where,for example, the
#
character is used to identify
comments in files rather than real data. This example removes
those lines from the ingest process during parsing using the
dropEvent()
function to drop the entire event
from the ingest pipeline.
Step-by-Step
Starting with the source repository events
- logscale
case { @rawstring="#*" | dropEvent();
Starts a
case
statement, with the first matching expression looking for the hash symbol in a line to indiciate that it could be removed, then dropping the entire event usingdropEvent()
- logscale
* }
For all other lines, the
case
expression matches all other events and lets them through. Event Result set
Summary and Results
This query is used to remove data at ingestion, in this example
data that matches a typical source construct (the comment). When
used within the parser pipeline, the
dropEvent()
function ensures that the data
is removed entirely from the query output, meaning that the
event data will not be stored in Falcon LogScale.
Ignoring Commented Lines During Parsing by Dropping Events
Query
parseJson()
| case { someField = "some_value"
| dropEvent(); * }
| parseTimestamp(field=@timestamp)
Introduction
The dropEvent()
function is often used within
parsers to drop events during parsing that do not need to be
ingested. The following example shows how to filter events as part
of a parser by matching a particular field value from being
ingested.
Step-by-Step
Starting with the source repository events
- logscale
parseJson()
Parses the incoming data to identify JSON values and converts them into a usable field.
- logscale
| case { someField = "some_value" | dropEvent(); * }
Starts a
case
statement, with the first matching expression identifying a field value in the extracted JSON field from the returned results. Then drops the event. This has the effect of terminating the parsing for this event, as there is no more data to be processed. - logscale
| parseTimestamp(field=@timestamp)
Parses the timestamp from the @timestamp field for all other events that do not match the JSON value.
Event Result set
Summary and Results
This query is used to drop events at ingestion. When used within
the parser pipeline, the dropEvent()
is a
simple and practical way of eliminating events during the
parsing of incoming data.