Step 4: Create the File Field Descriptions - ironstream_for_elastic - ironstream_for_kafka - ironstream_for_splunk - 7.4

To create a File Field Description, open the Ironstream IBM i Configuration Tool and select File Field Description from the tab menu. A File Field Description configuration entry may be created in one of two ways:

To manually enter a file’s configuration:

1. Click the Create button.

2. Enter a Configuration Name for the File Field Description.

3. Click the Add Field button to enter the field information for the file’s field. This information can be retrieved using a DSPFFD command on the IBM i LPAR.

4. Click the Add Field button as many times as needed to define all the desired fields of the file.

5. Click the Save button when all file field descriptions are entered.

To automatically fill in the configuration using a query:

1. Click the Generate button.

2. On the next page, enter a Configuration Name for the File Field Description.

3. Fill in the file’s Object name and Object library location on the IBM i LPAR, for example QAPMDISK in library QPFRDATA.

4. Select a system from the System selector to choose which IBM i LPAR to collect the field information from.

5. Click the Generate button at the bottom of the page to send a query to collect all the fields of the named file object.

Figure 18: Generate File Field Descriptions

6. After the list is created, click the Edit button next to the list name to view the field list. On this page, you have the option to change the field labels, and you can also remove fields if the field does not contain data that you want to send to the destination.

Figure 19: Edit Field Labels

7. Click the Save button if you have made changes. Repeat this step for each performance data file that you want to collect data from.