Github user nickwallen commented on a diff in the pull request:
https://github.com/apache/metron/pull/1047#discussion_r196130319
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metron-deployment/packaging/ambari/metron-mpack/src/main/resources/common-services/METRON/CURRENT/configuration/metron-env.xml
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@@ -137,4 +137,10 @@
<value>yyyy.MM.dd.HH</value>
<display-name>Elasticsearch Date Format</display-name>
</property>
+ <property>
+ <name>source_type_field</name>
+ <display-name>Source Type Field</display-name>
+ <description>Name of the message field that contains the source
type.</description>
+ <value>source.type</value>
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I might also update this so the field only shows up under the "Advanced"
settings, since it is not something we expect the user to have to, nor want to
change in most cases. I *think* I can do that easily.
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