Upload and configure your data
Use the Splunk Web interface to upload the drought monitor data to your Splunk platform instance.
Prerequisite
Steps
Follow these steps to upload the drought monitor data to your Splunk platform instance:
- Unzip the
us_drought_monitor.csv.zip
file. - Click Settings > Add Data.
- Click Upload files from my computer.
- Click Select Files and select
us_drought_monitor.csv
from your files. - Click Open > Next.
- Ensure Source type is set to
csv
and that each of the fields is named correctly. - Configure the timestamps according to the date of capture. In this file, this information is located in a field entitled
MapDate
.- Click Timestamp.
- Select Extraction > Advanced.
- Enter
MapDate
in the Timestamp fields box. - Under Timestamp format, enter the
strptime()
string%Y%m%d
to allow the indexer to read in the date in the correct format. See Configure timestamp recognition in the Getting Data In Manual for more information aboutstrptime()
strings.
- (Optional) Save this configuration as a new input type.
- Click Save As to save this input type.
- Enter
drought_csv
in the Name field. - Click Save.
- Click Next. Ensure the input settings are correct.
- Click Review and then click Submit to upload the file.
- Click Start Searching to view your data.
Next step
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This documentation applies to the following versions of Splunk Cloud Platform™: 8.2.2112, 8.2.2201, 8.2.2202, 8.2.2203, 9.0.2205, 9.0.2208, 9.0.2209, 9.0.2303, 9.0.2305, 9.1.2308, 9.1.2312, 9.2.2403 (latest FedRAMP release), 9.2.2406
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