Support for line template

[philippfrank]

Team, great work on this -- I appreciate every single thing that could be automated.

We heavily rely on line templates as our log messages contain a number of fields that we usually don't want to see by default in the viewer. To make this provider really useful, I would be able to specify the default line template on a per-view basis, e.g.

resource "logdna_view" "complex_view" {
  name = "complex view"
  aps = ...
  categories = ...
  linetemplate = "[{{ status }}] {{ msg }} (runtime: {{ runtime }})"
}

[mdeltito]

@philippfrank great suggestion! that makes total sense

cc: @alfeng6

[philippfrank]

Still no update since 1.1.0?

[jschultz-6rs]

checking in six months later. can you share more details about the plan to implement line template?

[philippfrank]

Hey @gjanco,

I took a look at your API docs [1], and it appears this is a UI-only limitation—so it makes sense that the issue is still open.

Would you be able to connect with the appropriate PM to push this small feature request forward? It would make a significant difference in terms of efficiency. Here’s the situation: when working with long log lines in the viewer, manually typing field names into the template box every time is a hassle. It slows down the workflow and adds unnecessary friction. I use the viewer evey day and every second day it annoys me.

The request is simple: allow users to pre-define a template on the view resource and automatically pre-fill the UI’s template box with that value.

While having this available in Terraform would be ideal, I’d be happy just to see this feature added in any form.

Thanks for considering it!

[1] https://docs.mezmo.com/log-analysis-api#create-view

EDIT: To clarify, I’m aware of the "Persist these settings" option at the bottom of the tool window. However, that only stores the settings in a browser cookie, which is easily lost with routine browser cleaning.

[teriyakichild]

hey @philippfrank,

You can actually associate a custom line template with a view in our UI. When editing a view, you should see a "Custom %line Template" option like this:

For more details, please see: https://docs.mezmo.com/docs/format-log-lines-with--custom-line-templates

Let me know if this helps.