Splunk · Schema

HecEvent

AnalyticsData AnalysisLoggingMachine DataMonitoringObservabilityPlatformSecuritySIEM

Properties

Name Type Description
time string Event timestamp in epoch time (seconds since 1970-01-01). If omitted, Splunk uses the current time.
host string Hostname or IP address of the event source
source string Source of the event
sourcetype string Source type for the event
index string Destination index for the event
event string The event data. Can be a string or a JSON object. This is the actual data payload to be indexed.
fields object Additional metadata fields to associate with the event. These fields are indexed as metadata and can be searched.
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JSON Schema

splunk-enterprise-rest-hec-event-schema.json Raw ↑
{
  "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
  "title": "HecEvent",
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "time": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Event timestamp in epoch time (seconds since 1970-01-01). If omitted, Splunk uses the current time."
    },
    "host": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Hostname or IP address of the event source"
    },
    "source": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source of the event"
    },
    "sourcetype": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Source type for the event"
    },
    "index": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "Destination index for the event"
    },
    "event": {
      "type": "string",
      "description": "The event data. Can be a string or a JSON object. This is the actual data payload to be indexed."
    },
    "fields": {
      "type": "object",
      "description": "Additional metadata fields to associate with the event. These fields are indexed as metadata and can be searched."
    }
  }
}

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