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Manual import of log samples

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What are the difference between the different ways of importing a log sample from File

When importing logs sample from a File, it's possible to do so in several ways, depending on how the sample file is organised:

• As a Single Log per file
• As an Array of Logs per file
• As an Set of Logs

See below for details about each.

As a Single Log per file

This is only valid if the sample file contains a single log.

ℹ️ - It's independent on how the log itself is formatted.

Good examples:

• Compact format:

{"timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00","id":"abcdef-1234"}

• Spaced/tabbed format:

{
  "timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00",
  "id":"abcdef-1234"
}

• Mixed format:

{
  "timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00", "id":
"abcdef-1234"
}

As an Array of Logs per file

This is only valid if the sample file contains a single Array of one or more logs.

ℹ️ - It's independent on how the array and logs themselves are formatted.

Good examples:

• Compact format:

[{"timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00","id":"abcdef-1234"},{"timestamp":"20210422T16:43:00","id":"xyzmno-8754"}]

• Spaced/tabbed format:

[
  {
    "timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00",
    "id":"abcdef-1234"
  },
  {
    "timestamp":"20210422T16:43:00",
    "id":"xyzmno-8754"
  }
]

• Mixed format:

[{
    "timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00","id":"abcdef-1234"
  },
  {"timestamp":
"20210422T16:43:00",
    "id":"xyzmno-8754"}
]

As an Set of Logs

This is only valid if the sample file contains a set of one or more logs, each written on a separate line. Put in another way: a set of Carriage Return separated single logs.

⚠️

IMPORTANT

It's very dependent on how the logs are formatted:

• no more than one log per line
• no less than one log per line 😅
  • empty lines will be ignored
• each line must be a proper JSON entry
  • improperly formatted JSON entries will be ignored
• each line must be separated by at least a Carriage Return character (\r aka CR aka ASCII #13)
  • Line Feed characters (\n aka LF aka ASCII #10) will be blissfully ignored

Good examples:

• Compact format:

{"timestamp":"20210422T16:40:00","id":"abcdef-1234"}
{"timestamp":"20210422T16:43:00","id":"xyzmno-8754"}

• Spaced format:

{ "timestamp": "20210422T16:40:00", "id":" abcdef-1234" }
{ "timestamp": "20210422T16:43:00", "id": "xyzmno-8754"}

• Mixed format:

{ "timestamp": "20210422T16:40:00", "id":" abcdef-1234" }
{"timestamp":"20210422T16:43:00","id":"xyzmno-8754"}