Source types for the Splunk Add-on for Windows

The Splunk Add-on for Windows provides Common Information Model mappings, the index-time and search-time knowledge for Windows events, metadata, user and group information, collaboration data, and tasks in the following formats.

Source type	Description	CIM data model(s)
ActiveDirectory	Active Directory related information	n/a
DhcpSrvLog	Microsoft DHCP Server Log information	Network Sessions
Perfmon:CPU PerfmonMk:CPU	CPU usage statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input	Application State, Performance
Perfmon:LogicalDisk PerfmonMk:LogicalDisk	Information about logical disks on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode.	Performance
Perfmon:Memory PerfmonMk:Memory	Memory statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode	Performance
Perfmon:Network PerfmonMk:Network	Network statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode	Performance
Perfmon:PhysicalDisk PerfmonMk:PhysicalDisk	Information about physical disks on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode	n/a
Perfmon:Process PerfmonMk:Process	Information about process running on the system provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode	Application State, Performance
Perfmon:ProcessorInformation PerfmonMk:ProcessorInformation	Statistics related to processor state and performance	Application State, Inventory, Performance, Vulnerabilities
Perfmon:System PerfmonMk:System	System Information provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode	Application State, Performance
Script:InstalledApps	List of installed applications	n/a
Script:ListeningPorts	List of network ports that listen for traffic	Application State
Script:NetworkConfiguration	To get local IP configurations	n/a
Script:TimesyncConfiguration	Information on time synchronization service configuration.	n/a
Script:TimesyncStatus	Information on time synchronization status.	Performance
WindowsUpdateLog	Windows Update log file	Updates
WinEventLog XmlWinEventLog	Windows Event Log data for Application, System and Security provided by WinEventLog in XML or standard format.	Application State, Authentication, Change Analysis, Performance, Updates, Vulnerabilities
WinHostMon	Windows host monitoring log	Inventory, Performance
WinNetMon	Network related information	n/a
WinPrintMon	Windows Printer related changes	n/a
WinRegistry	Windows Registry changes	Change Analysis
WMI:ComputerSystem	Computer system information provided by WMI	Performance
WMI:CPUTime	CPU usage time provided by WMI	Application State, Performance
WMI:FreeDiskSpace	Free Disk Space provided by WMI	Application State, Performance
WMI:InstalledUpdates	List of installed updates/packages provided by WMI	Updates
WMI:LocalNetwork	Network statistics provided by WMI	Performance
WMI:LocalPhysicalDisk	Physical Disk information provided by WMI	n/a
WMI:LogicalDisk	Information about logical disks on the system, provided by WMI	Performance
WMI:LocalProcesses	Information on processes running locally, provided by WMI	Application State
WMI:Memory	Memory information provided by WMI	Application State, Performance
WMI:ScheduledJobs	Information on Scheduled Jobs provided by WMI	n/a
WMI:Service	Information on services running locally, provided by WMI	Application State
WMI:Uptime	Information on system uptime, provided by WMI	Application State, Performance
WMI:UserAccounts	Information on configured user accounts, provided by WMI	Application State, Inventory
WMI:Version	Information on the system version, provided by WMI	Application State, Inventory
WMI:WinEventLog:*	Windows Event Log data for Application, System and Security - WMI	Application State, Authentication, Change Analysis, Performance, Updates, Vulnerabilities

In versions 5.0.0 and later of the Splunk add-on for Windows, the source type WinEventLog is subdivided into WinEventLog for Classic channels, and XmlWinEventLog for XML channels. See Source and sourcetype changes for WinEventLog data.

Source types for backward compatibility

The Splunk Add-on for Windows includes the following source types for backward compatibility.

Sourcetype	Description	CIM data model(s)
fs_notification	File system notification changes. Included for backward compatibility.	Change Analysis
Perfmon:CPUTime	CPU usage statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input in single or multikv mode. Included for backward compatibility.	Performance
Perfmon:FreeDiskSpace	Free Disk Space statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input. Included for backward compatibility.	Performance
Perfmon:LocalNetwork	Free Disk Space statistics provided by the Performance Monitor input. Included for backward compatibility.	Performance