Technology Add-On Packages Controlling a Data Input and Query System

A system comprising:

• a memory;
• and
• a processing device coupled with the memory to:
• receive input via a user interface, the input indicative of:
• a source of machine data;
• and
• schema information having one or more extraction rules applicable to the machine data;
• construct a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a technology add-on (TA) and conforming to a standard representation format for an extension of a data input and query system;
• and
• whereby the operation of an active instance of the data input and query system may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package.

A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoding instructions thereon that, in response to execution by one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to perform operations comprising:

• receiving input via a user interface, the input indicative of:
• a source of machine data;
• and
• schema information having one or more extraction rules applicable to the machine data;
• constructing a data package based at least in part on the received input, the data package representing a technology add-on (TA) and conforming to a standard representation format for an extension of a data input and query system;
• and
• whereby the operation of an active instance of the data input and query system may be controlled with information based at least in part on content of the data package.