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AWS AmazonCloudWatch documentation change

Service: AmazonCloudWatch · 2025-07-04 · Documentation low

File: AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.md

Summary

Removed parseToOCSF processor documentation and updated CSV processor examples/delimiter handling

Security assessment

The removal of OCSF (Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework) conversion documentation reduces security-related format guidance but doesn't indicate a security issue. The delimiter changes (adding \t and \s support) are syntax updates without security impact.

Diff

diff --git a/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.md b/AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.md
index 2c8feefdf..1ddd62e72 100644
--- a//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.md
+++ b//AmazonCloudWatch/latest/logs/CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.md
@@ -37,2 +36,0 @@ This section contains information about each processor that you can use in a log
-    * [parseToOCSF](./CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-Processors.html#CloudWatch-Logs-Transformation-parseToOCSF)
-
@@ -87,2 +84,0 @@ This section contains information about each processor that you can use in a log
-  * [Transformation metrics and errors](./Transformation-Errors-Metrics.html)
-
@@ -513,31 +508,0 @@ Output:
-### parseToOCSF
-
-The **parseToOCSF** processor converts logs into [Open Cybersecurity Schema Framework (OCSF)](https://ocsf.io) format. 
-
-The original `@message` content is not changed, the new keys are added to the message.
-
-Field | Description | Required? | Default | Limits  
----|---|---|---|---  
-eventSource |  The service or process that produces the log events that will be converted with this processor. Valid values are the following:
-
-  * `CloudTrail` for [ CloudTrail logging management events](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/awscloudtrail/latest/userguide/logging-management-events-with-cloudtrail.html), [ Lambda data events in CloudTrail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/lambda/latest/dg/logging-using-cloudtrail.html#cloudtrail-data-events), , or [ Amazon S3 data events in CloudTrail](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/logging-examples.html).
-  * `Route53Resolver` for [ Route 53 Resolver query logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/Route53/latest/DeveloperGuide/resolver-query-logs.html).
-  * `VPCFlow` for [ Amazon VPC flow logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/vpc/latest/userguide/flow-logs.html).
-  * `EKSAudit` for [ Amazon EKS audit logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/best-practices/auditing-and-logging.html).
-  * `AWSWAF` for [AWS WAF logs](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/waf/latest/developerguide/logging.html).
-
-|  Yes |  - |  -  
-ocsfVersion | The version of the OCSF schema to use for the transformed log events. Currently, the only supported value is `V1.1` |  Yes | `V1.1` | -  
-  
-**Example**
-
-The following example transforms Amazon VPC flow logs to OCSF format.
-    
-    
-    [
-     "parseToOCSF": {
-       eventSource: "VPCFlow",
-       version: "V1.1" 
-     }
-    ]
-
@@ -551 +516 @@ source | Path to the field in the log event that will be parsed |  No | `@messag
-delimiter | The character used to separate each column in the original comma-separated value log event |  No | `,` | Maximum length: 1  
+delimiter | The character used to separate each column in the original comma-separated value log event |  No | `,` | Maximum length: 1 unless the value is `\t` or `\s`  
@@ -554,0 +520,2 @@ columns | List of names to use for the columns in the transformed log event. |
+Setting `delimiter` to `\t` will separate each column on a tab character, and `\t` will separate each column on a single space character.
+
@@ -560 +527 @@ Suppose part of an ingested log event looks like this:
-    'Akua Mansa',28,'New York, USA'
+    'Akua Mansa':28:'New York: USA'
@@ -565,0 +533 @@ Suppose we use only the **csv** processor:
+         {
@@ -567,2 +535,3 @@ Suppose we use only the **csv** processor:
-          "delimiter": ",",
-          "quoteCharacter": ":""
+                "delimiter": ":",
+                "quoteCharacter": "'"
+            }