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Splunk Audit Logs

The fields in the Splunk Audit Logs data model describe audit information for systems producing event logs.

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 the Audit event datasets

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

Although it is not part of the data model shipped in the CIM add-on, the common information model expects the tag modaction_result for events produced by custom alert actions.

Dataset name Tag name
Modular_Actions modaction
|____ Modular Action Invocations
invocation

Fields for the event dataset and the search datasets

The following table lists the extracted and calculated fields for the event dataset and search 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 "Notes" or "Abbreviated list of example values" is as follows:

  • Recommended: Add-on developers make their best effort attempts to map these event fields. If these fields are not populated, then the event is not very useful.
  • Required: Add-on developers must map these event fields when using the pytest-splunk-addon to test for CIM compatibility. See pytest-splunk-addon documentation.
  • Prescribed values: Permitted values that can populate the fields, which Splunk is using for a particular purpose. Other valid values exist, but Splunk is not relying on them.
  • Other values: Other example values that you might see.
Dataset name Field name Data type Description Abbreviated list of example values
View_Activity app string The app name which contains the view.
View_Activity spent number The amount of time spent loading the view (in milliseconds).
View_Activity uri string The uniform resource identifier of the view activity.
View_Activity user string The username of the user who accessed the view.
View_Activity view string The name of the view.
Datamodel_Acceleration access_count number The number of times the data model summary has been accessed since it was created.
Datamodel_Acceleration access_time time The timestamp of the most recent access of the data model summary.
Datamodel_Acceleration app string The application context in which the data model summary was accessed.
Datamodel_Acceleration buckets number The number of index buckets spanned by the data model acceleration summary.
Datamodel_Acceleration buckets_size number The total size of the bucket(s) spanned by the data model acceleration summary.
Datamodel_Acceleration complete number The percentage of the data model summary that is currently complete. other:
0-100
Datamodel_Acceleration cron string The cron expression used to accelerate the data model.
Datamodel_Acceleration datamodel string The name of the data model accelerated.
Datamodel_Acceleration digest string A hash of the current data model constraints.
Datamodel_Acceleration earliest time The earliest time that the data model summary was accessed.
Datamodel_Acceleration is_inprogress boolean Indicates whether the data model acceleration is currently in progress. prescribed values:
true, false, 1, 0
Datamodel_Acceleration last_error string The text of the last error reported during the data model acceleration.
Datamodel_Acceleration last_sid string The search id of the last acceleration attempt.
Datamodel_Acceleration latest time The most recent acceleration timestamp of the data model.
Datamodel_Acceleration mod_time time The timestamp of the most recent modification to the data model acceleration.
Datamodel_Acceleration retention number The length of time that data model accelerations are retained, in seconds.
Datamodel_Acceleration size number The amount of storage space the data model's acceleration summary takes up, in bytes.
Datamodel_Acceleration summary_id string The unique id of the data model acceleration summary.
Search_Activity host string The host on which the search occurred.
Search_Activity info string The action of the search (granted, completed, cancelled, failed).
Search_Activity search string The search string.
Search_Activity search_et string The earliest time of the search.
Search_Activity search_lt string The latest time of the search.
Search_Activity search_type string The type of search.
Search_Activity source string The source associated with the search.
Search_Activity sourcetype string The source types included in the search.
Search_Activity user string The name of the user who ran the search.
Search_Activity 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 these fields when writing add-ons.
Search_Activity user_category string
Search_Activity user_priority string
Scheduler_Activity app string The app context in which the scheduled search was run.
Scheduler_Activity host string The host on which the scheduled search was run.
Scheduler_Activity savedsearch_name string The name of the saved search.
Scheduler_Activity sid string The search id.
Scheduler_Activity source string The source associated with the scheduled search.
Scheduler_Activity sourcetype string The source type associated with the scheduled search.
Scheduler_Activity splunk_server string The Splunk Server on which the scheduled search runs.
Scheduler_Activity status string The status of the scheduled search.
Scheduler_Activity user string The user who scheduled the search.
Web_Service_Errors host string The host on which the web service error occurred.
Web_Service_Errors source string The source where the web service error occurred.
Web_Service_Errors sourcetype string The source type associated with the web service error.
Web_Service_Errors event_id string The unique event_id for the web service error event.
Modular_Actions action_mode string Specifies whether the action was executed as an ad hoc action or from a saved search, based on whether a search_name exists. prescribed values:
saved, adhoc
Modular_Actions action_status string The status of the action. For example, "success", "failure", or "pending".
Modular_Actions app string The app ID of the app or add-on that owns the action.
Modular_Actions duration number How long the action took to complete, in milliseconds.
Modular_Actions component string The component of the modular action script involved in the event. Often used in conjunction with duration.
Modular_Actions orig_rid string The rid value of a source action result, automatically added to an event if it is the product of a previously executed action.
Modular_Actions orig_sid string The original sid value of a source action, automatically added to an event if it is the product of a previously executed action.
Modular_Actions rid string The id associated with the result of a specific sid. By default, this is the row number of the search, starting with 0.
Modular_Actions search_name string The name of the correlation search that triggered the action. Blank for ad hoc actions.
Modular_Actions action_name string The name of the action.
Modular_Actions signature string The logging string associated with alert action introspection events.
Modular_Actions sid string The search id, automatically assigned by splunkd.
Modular_Actions user string The user who triggered an ad hoc alert. Not relevant for actions triggered by searches.
Last modified on 06 November, 2023
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