Change

The Change data model replaces the Change Analysis data model, which is deprecated as of software version 4.12.0.

The fields in the Change data model describe Create, Read, Update, and Delete activities from any data source.

Note: A dataset is a component of a data model. In versions of the Splunk platform prior to version 6.5.0, these were referred to as data model objects.

Tags used with Change event datasets

The following tags act as constraints to identify your events as being relevant to this data model. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.

Dataset name	Tag name
All_Changes	change
|____ Auditing_Changes	audit
|____ Endpoint_Changes	endpoint
|____ Network_Changes	network
|____ Account_Management	account

Fields for Change event dataset

The following table lists the extracted and calculated fields for the event datasets in the model. The table does not include any inherited fields. For more information, see How to use these reference tables.

The key for using the column titled "Abbreviated list of example values" follows:

• Recommended are fields derived from the "recommended=true" JSON parameter that the TA developers need to make best efforts to map
• Prescribed fields are the permitted values that can populate the fields, which are derived from the "expected_values" JSON parameter
• Other values are other example values that you might see

Dataset name	Field name	Data type	Description	Abbreviated list of example values
All_Changes	action	string	The action attempted on the resource, regardless of success or failure.	recommended prescribed fields: created, deleted, acl_modified, cleared, modified, read, stopped, started, restarted
All_Changes	change_type	string	The type of change, such as filesystem or AAA (authentication, authorization, and accounting).	recommended prescribed fields: restart
All_Changes	command	string	The command that initiated the change.	recommended
All_Changes	dest	string	The resource where change occurred. You can alias this from more specific fields not included in this data model, such as dest_host, dest_ip, or dest_name.	recommended
All_Changes	dest_bunit	string	These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
All_Changes	dest_category	string
All_Changes	dest_priority	string
All_Changes	dvc	string	The device that reported the change, if applicable, such as a FIP or CIM server. You can alias this from more specific fields not included in this data model, such as dvc_host, dvc_ip, or dvc_name.	recommended
All_Changes	object	string	Name of the affected object on the resource (such as a router interface, user account, or server volume).	recommended
All_Changes	object_attrs	string	The attributes that were updated on the updated resource object, if applicable.	recommended
All_Changes	object_category	string	Generic name for the class of the updated resource object. Expected values may be specific to an app.	recommended prescribed fields: registry, directory, file, group, user
All_Changes	object_id	string	The unique updated resource object ID as presented to the system, if applicable (for instance, a SID, UUID, or GUID value).	recommended
All_Changes	object_path	string	The path of the modified resource object, if applicable (such as a file, directory, or volume).	recommended
All_Changes	result	string	The vendor-specific result of a change, or clarification of an action status. For instance, status=failure may be accompanied by result=blocked by policy or result=disk full. result is a string. Please use a msg_severity_id field (not included in the data model) for severity ID fields that are integer data types.	recommended prescribed fields: lockout
All_Changes	result_id	string	A result indicator for an action status.	recommended
All_Changes	src	string	The resource where the change was originated. You can alias this from more specific fields not included in the data model, such as src_host, src_ip, or src_name.	recommended
All_Changes	src_bunit	string	These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for these fields when writing add-ons.
All_Changes	src_category	string
All_Changes	src_priority	string
All_Changes	status	string	Status of the update.	recommended prescribed fields: success, failure
All_Changes	tag	string	This automatically generated field is used to access tags from within datamodels. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
All_Changes	user	string	The user or entity performing the change. For account changes, this is the account that was changed. See src_user for user or entity performing the change.	recommended
All_Changes	user_agent	string	The user agent through which the request was made, such as Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_14_6) or aws-cli/2.0.0 Python/3.7.4 Darwin/18.7.0 botocore/2.0.0dev4.
All_Changes	user_type	string	The type of the user involved in the event or who initiated the event, such as IAMUser, Admin, or System. For account management events, this should represent the type of the user changed by the request.
All_Changes	vendor_account	string	The account that manages the user that initiated the request.
All_Changes	vendor_product	string	The vendor and product or service that detected the change. This field can be automatically populated by vendor and product fields in your data.	recommended
Account_Management	dest_nt_domain	string	The NT domain of the destination, if applicable.	recommended
Account_Management	src_nt_domain	string	The NT domain of the source, if applicable.	recommended
Account_Management	src_user	string	For account changes, the user or entity performing the change.	recommended
Account_Management	src_user_bunit	string	These fields are automatically provided by asset and identity correlation features of applications like Splunk Enterprise Security. Do not define extractions for this field when writing add-ons.
Account_Management	src_user_category	string
Account_Management	src_user_priority	string
Account_Management	src_user_type	string	For account changes, this should represent the type of the user or entity performing the change.