Configuring extractor component

The role of the extractor is to take a collection of input lines provided by the sensor and separate these into message boundaries.

1. In the left pane of the Adapter editor, select Configuration > Context Instance > Extractor. The right pane will display the extractor information.

   

2. Select the line break options applicable. If you select Replace line breaks, type the symbol to replace the line breaks in the Line Break Symbol field.
3. For the start and end patterns, write script fragments to describe how to identify the start and the end of a message.
4. Save adapter configuration file to apply changes.

For a detailed description of extractor properties, see the Configuration file structure reference document.

Related concepts
Generic Log Adapter editor

Related tasks
Developing an end-to-end transform solution
Testing an adapter configuration file with the editor test views
Deleting an adapter configuration file

Related reference
Configuration file structure
Regular expression grammar
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