Cortex Xsiam Data Ingestion Event Data Payload Structure
The payload structure for pre-normalized event data ingestion directly into the XSIAM data lake. Contains all required routing metadata plus the normalized event content for direct dataset indexing.
EventDataPayload is a JSON Structure definition published by Palo Alto Networks, describing 8 properties, of which 8 are required. It conforms to the https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/# meta-schema.
{
"$schema": "https://json-structure.org/meta/core/v0/#",
"$id": "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/palo-alto-networks/refs/heads/main/json-structure/cortex-xsiam-data-ingestion-event-data-payload-structure.json",
"name": "EventDataPayload",
"description": "The payload structure for pre-normalized event data ingestion directly into the XSIAM data lake. Contains all required routing metadata plus the normalized event content for direct dataset indexing.\n",
"type": "object",
"properties": {
"dataset": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The target XSIAM dataset name for direct indexing. Must match an existing dataset schema in the XSIAM data lake.\n"
},
"vendor": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The vendor that produced the source event data.\n"
},
"product": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The product that generated the source event.\n"
},
"log_type": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The log type or event category identifier for schema selection during indexing.\n"
},
"raw_log": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The original raw event content from the source system, preserved alongside normalized fields for audit and reprocessing purposes.\n"
},
"timestamp": {
"type": "datetime",
"description": "The ISO 8601 date-time string indicating when the original event occurred at the source system.\n"
},
"tenant_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "The XSIAM tenant identifier for multi-tenant data routing.\n"
},
"event_id": {
"type": "string",
"description": "A unique identifier for this event record used for deduplication and correlation reference.\n"
}
},
"required": [
"dataset",
"vendor",
"product",
"log_type",
"raw_log",
"timestamp",
"tenant_id",
"event_id"
]
}
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