Input Formats

IIS Log File Input Formats

• IISW3C: parses IIS log files in the W3C Extended Log File Format.
• IIS: parses IIS log files in the Microsoft IIS Log File Format.
• BIN: parses IIS log files in the Centralized Binary Log File Format.
• IISODBC: returns database records from the tables logged to by IIS when configured to log in the ODBC Log Format.
• HTTPERR: parses HTTP error log files generated by Http.sys.
• URLSCAN: parses log files generated by the URLScan IIS filter.

Generic Text File Input Formats

• CSV: parses comma-separated values text files.
• TSV: parses tab-separated and space-separated values text files.
• XML: parses XML text files.
• W3C: parses text files in the W3C Extended Log File Format.
• NCSA: parses web server log files in the NCSA Common, Combined, and Extended Log File Formats.
• TEXTLINE: returns lines from generic text files.
• TEXTWORD: returns words from generic text files.

System Information Input Formats

• EVT: returns events from the Windows Event Log and from Event Log backup files (.evt files).
• FS: returns information on files and directories.
• REG: returns information on registry values.
• ADS: returns information on Active Directory objects.

Special-purpose Input Formats

• NETMON: parses network capture files created by NetMon.
• ETW: parses Enterprise Tracing for Windows trace log files and live sessions.
• COM: provides an interface to Custom Input Format COM Plugins.

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