Using lookups to enrich data

Sometimes, information that would be useful for reporting and searching is not located in the logs themselves, but is available elsewhere. Lookups allow us to enrich data, and even search against the fields in the lookup as if they were part of the original events.

The source of data for a lookup can be either a comma-separated values (CSV) file or a script. We will cover the most common use of a CSV lookup in the next section. 

There are three steps for fully defining a lookup: creating the file; defining the lookup definition; and, optionally, wiring the lookup to run automatically.

Defining a lookup table file

A lookup table file is simply a CSV file. The first line is treated as a list of field...