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Parsing Tokens

A parsing token is a regular expression template that you can use to build parsing filters. CA Enterprise Log Manager includes a parsing token library that contains predefined parsing tokens. For example, the _IP_ token sets the regular expression that parses the typical IP address format. When you want a parsing filter to extract an IP address you can insert the _IP_ token into the filter rather than constructing the full regular expression language each time.

You can also create your own custom parsing tokens, and add them to the local library, or export them for use in another CA Enterprise Log Manager environment. If you want to export a custom token, add it to the library first. You can also import custom tokens from another CA Enterprise Log Manager environment to create parsing tokens in a test environment and move them to a live environment.

More information:

Datetime Token Values

Add a Custom Token to the Library

Remove a Custom Token from the Library

Import Parsing Tokens

Export Parsing Tokens