fieldTransformation Configuration

In this example, the host name is extracted from the URL by way of the URL_TO_HOST function. Domain names are removed by using DOMAIN_REMOVE_SUBDOMAINS, thereby creating two new fields (full_hostname and domain_without_subdomains) and adding them to each message.

Figure 5.1. Configuration File with Transformation Information

The format of a fieldTransformation is as follows:

input: An array of fields or a single field representing the input. This is optional; if unspecified, then the whole message is passed as input.
output: The outputs to produce from the transformation. If unspecified, it is assumed to be the same as inputs.
transformation: The fully qualified class name of the transformation to be used. This is either a class which implements FieldTransformation or a member of the FieldTransformations enum.
config: A String to Object map of transformation specific configuration.

HCP currently implements the following fieldTransformations options:

REMOVE

This transformation removes the specified input fields. If you want a conditional removal, you can pass a Metron Query Language statement to define the conditions under which you want to remove the fields.

The following example removes field1 unconditionally:

{
...
    "fieldTransformations" : [
          {
            "input" : "field1"
          , "transformation" : "REMOVE"
          }
                      ]
}

The following example removes field1 whenever field2 exists and has a corresponding value equal to 'foo':

{
...
  "fieldTransformations" : [
          {
            "input" : "field1"
          , "transformation" : "REMOVE"
          , "config" : {
              "condition" : "exists(field2) and field2 == 'foo'"
                       }
          }
                      ]
}

IP_PROTOCOL

This transformation maps IANA protocol numbers to consistent string representations.

The following example maps the protocol field to a textual representation of the protocol:

{
...
    "fieldTransformations" : [
          {
            "input" : "protocol"
          , "transformation" : "IP_PROTOCOL"
          }
                      ]
}

STELLAR, lo

This transformation executes a set of transformations expressed as Stellar Language statements.

The following example adds three new fields to a message:

utc_timestamp: The UNIX epoch timestamp based on the timestamp field, a dc field which is the data center the message comes from and a dc2tz map mapping data centers to timezones.
url_host: The host associated with the url in the url field.
url_protocol: The protocol associated with the url in the url field.

{
...
    "fieldTransformations" : [
          {
           "transformation" : "STELLAR"
          ,"output" : [ "utc_timestamp", "url_host", "url_protocol" ]
          ,"config" : {
            "utc_timestamp" : "TO_EPOCH_TIMESTAMP(timestamp, 'yyyy-MM-dd
HH:mm:ss', MAP_GET(dc, dc2tz, 'UTC') )"
           ,"url_host" : "URL_TO_HOST(url)"
           ,"url_protocol" : "URL_TO_PROTOCOL(url)"
                      }
          }
                      ]
   ,"parserConfig" : {
      "dc2tz" : {
                "nyc" : "EST"
               ,"la" : "PST"
               ,"london" : "UTC"
                }
    }
}

Note that the dc2tz map is in the parser config, so it is accessible in the functions.

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fieldTransformation Configuration