Functions available while creating data collectors

The following functions are available while creating different types of data collectors.

• Specify a rollover pattern for collecting rolling logs.
  For more information, navigate to the data collector type that you want to create.
• Read data from subdirectories of a parent directory.
  The way of specifying inputs for collecting data from subdirectories might differ depending on the data collector type that you select.
• Create a host containing details about the target and the collection host, and reuse this information while creating a data collector.
  For more information about creating hosts, see Managing-hosts.
• Create a credential containing credential details for connecting with the server where the data is located, and then reuse this credential each time while creating a data collector (available for Windows events collection).
  For more information about creating credentials, see Managing-credentials.
• Specify group access permissions so that particular user groups can access and search the data coming from particular data sources.
• Add tags that can later be used for effectively searching the data from particular data sources.

• Assign a data pattern relevant to the data that you want to collect. You can use the Auto-Detect feature to automatically detect matching patterns and preview sample records.

  For more information, see Assigning-the-data-pattern-and-date-format.