character set encoding

noun

The standard method used to encode characters received from IT data sources into a standardized character set. By default, Splunk uses Splunk applies UTF-8 encoding to sources that aren't already UTF-8 encoded or is a non-ASCII file. If you would rather use a different character set, you can set this with the CHARSET key in props.conf.

Splunk supports 71 languages, including 20 that aren't UTF-8 encoded. You can manually specify character sets for sources, or have Splunk identify them automatically.

For more information

In the Getting Data In manual:

• Configure character set encoding

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