CSV - Amazon CloudWatch Logs

CSV

The CSV processor parses comma-separated values (CSV) from the log events into columns.

For more information about this processor including examples, see csv in the CloudWatch Logs User Guide.

Contents

columns

An array of names to use for the columns in the transformed log event.

If you omit this, default column names ([column_1, column_2 ...]) are used.

Type: Array of strings

Array Members: Maximum number of 100 items.

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: No

delimiter

The character used to separate each column in the original comma-separated value log event. If you omit this, the processor looks for the comma , character as the delimiter.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 1.

Required: No

quoteCharacter

The character used used as a text qualifier for a single column of data. If you omit this, the double quotation mark " character is used.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Fixed length of 1.

Required: No

source

The path to the field in the log event that has the comma separated values to be parsed. If you omit this value, the whole log message is processed.

Type: String

Length Constraints: Minimum length of 1. Maximum length of 128.

Required: No

See Also

For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following: