Words you may see on the screen

You do not need to learn every technical term to create a parser. This page translates common words into everyday explanations.

Term	What it means for you
Log / Event	One security record from your firewall, application or other product
Sample logs	A few representative records you pasted for Parser Studio to examine
Analyze Logs	The button that attempts to read and separate the values in your sample
Parser	The instructions for understanding the values inside an event
Field	One piece of information such as the action, IP address, port or username
Source field	The field as it originally appears in the device’s log
Mapping	Choosing where the extracted value should go in the output
Target field	The destination name selected during Map Fields
Stellar field catalog	Available standard field names you can choose from during mapping
Vendor/custom field	A place to keep a value when its exact standard meaning is unknown
Logical event	One complete source record, which might span more than one line
Partially parsed	Some values were recognized but another section still needs review
Format	How text is arranged, for example JSON, CEF, LEEF or comma-separated values
CSV	Values arranged in ordered columns, sometimes with no column names
Syslog header	The date, host and metadata at the start of some records
ParserRecipe v0.2	The supported structured JSON response used in the ChatGPT-assisted path
Holdout / Additional test logs	Different sample records used to check that a proposed fix works beyond the original example
Draft	A reviewable parser output created from supported source examples
Ruby logic + CONF	The two matching files that can be downloaded after successful generation
SHA-256	A value used to check whether downloaded output matches the generator’s expected bytes
Local Versions	Saved parser experiments stored in the current browser environment

When should I learn the technical format name?

Only when your source documentation uses one, or when an error needs more context. A new user should paste the logs and press Analyze Logs first. Create your first parser · Choose your next action.

Last modified on October 18, 2026