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Time Series Database:Modify a data export task

Last Updated:Aug 27, 2021

After you create a data export task, you can modify the configuration in the Log Service console.

Prerequisites

  • A Log Service project and a TSDB instance are created.

  • The Log Service project and the TSDB instance are deployed in the same region.

  • A data export task is created.

Procedure

When you create a task to export data to TSDB, you can configure the task in the Log Service console. For example, you can specify the destination TSDB instance, the time of the earliest data record to be exported, and the TSDB topic to which the data is exported.

Perform the following steps to modify your data export task:

Operations in the Log Service console

  1. Log on the Log Service console. On the page that appears, click the source project. On the page that appears, click the Logstores tab.

  2. Click the right arrow on the left of the name of the target Logstore, choose Data Transformation > Export > TSDB, and then select the task.

  3. In the upper-right corner of the page that appears, click Modify LogShipper. On the page that appears, modify the task configuration.

Page for modifying the task configuration

To modify a task, you must enter the AccessKey pair of the current account. After your account passes the verification, the system loads the task configuration. Then, you can modify the task based on your business requirements.

Modify the configuration based on the parameter description provided in the following table.

Parameters

Parameter

Description

Delivery Name

The name of the task. This parameter cannot be modified.

Delivery Description

The description of the task.

TSDB Instance

The name of the destination TSDB instance in the current region.

Measure Name

The TSDB metric to which the shipped log data belongs.

AccessKeyID

The AccessKey ID of the current Alibaba Cloud account that you use to access the destination TSDB instance.

AccessKeySecret

The AccessKey secret of the current Alibaba Cloud account that you use to access the destination TSDB instance.

Time Point Mapping

The expression used to map the timestamps in log records to the timestamps in TSDB. The default value is ${logTag:__time__}. The default value specifies that the points in time when logs are generated are used as the timestamps in TSDB. You can change the expression based on your business requirements.

Field Mappings

The mappings between the fields in log records and the fields in TSDB. In the text box on the left of the equal sign (=), enter the name of a field in the log records. In the text box on the right of the equal sign (=), enter the name of the corresponding field in TSDB. If you specify only one field mapping, the single-value model is used to ship log data to TSDB and the field key must be value. If you specify multiple data mappings, the multi-value model is used to ship log data to TSDB.

Tag Mappings

The TSDB tags of the exported data records. In the text box on the left of the equal sign (=), enter a tag name. In the text box on the right of the equal sign (=), enter a tag value. You can also use expressions to specify the tag names and values.

Delivery Time

The generation time of the first log record to be shipped.

Note

If no metrics exist, the system automatically creates a metric. When Log Service exports logs to TSDB, the value of the Time Point Mapping parameter determines the Timestamp field values of TSDB. The default value of the Time Point Mapping parameter is ${logTag:__time__}.The timestamp of a log record in Log Service is accurate to the second. If multiple log records are generated in the same second, you must specify a field. To change the value of the Time Point Mapping parameter, configure an expression in the ${logTag:xx} or ${logColumn:xx} format.If you specify a field, you must specify a field whose value can be converted to a UNIX timestamp in seconds or milliseconds. Note: If the expression that you specify is invalid, the system uses the default expression: ${__logTag:time__}. This expression specifies that the timestamps in log records are used as the timestamps in TSDB.

Use expressions to reference the context information

When you configure a data export task, you can specify expressions as the values of the Time Point Mapping parameter and the Tag Mappings parameter to reference the context information. The following expression syntax is used:

Note

${context:variable }

  • logColumn in the ${logColumn:xx} expression specifies that the value of the specified field in a log record is mapped to a timestamp in TSDB.

  • logTag in the ${logTag:xx} expression specifies that the value of the specified tag field in a log record is mapped to a timestamp in TSDB.

The following list describes the tags that exist in all logs of Log Service:

  • __topic__: the topic of a log group that consists of multiple log records. The expression is in the ${logTag:__topic__} format.

  • __source__: the IP address of the server that generates the log record. The expression is in the ${logTag:__source__} format.

  • __time__: the timestamp of the log record. The unit of the timestamp is seconds. The expression is in the ${logTag:__time__} format.

Submit the task

After you modify the task, click Submit.

Note

  • After you modify the task, you must go to the task details page in the Log Service console to stop and then start the task to make the modification take effect.

  • If you want to suspend the task or view the task status, click the task name in the Log Service console. Then, you can manage the task based on your business requirements.