The system allows you to define the following five types of parsers or parser group to parse variables. For each type of parser group, a set of parser rules work together to define how variables are extracted from raw text. With valid rules, the output of the parser will be highlighted instantly inside the input text.

Variable Parser

Variable parser can parse a single-value variable, such as version number, etc., by anchoring keywords before and after the variable. See Define a Variable Parser for more details.

Paragraph Parser

Paragraph parser can parse variables in recurring paragraphs, such as collisions and CRC errors for interfaces, etc., by anchoring paragraph identifier (ID) lines. See Define a Paragraph Parser for more details.

Table Parser

Table parser can parse table-formatted text, such as NDP table, VRF table, etc. See Define a Table Parser for more details.

Text Parser

Text parser can match specified lines of text. See Define a Text Parser for more details.

Collector Parser

Collector Parser can find all matching items based on the defined keywords, automatically group those items by keywords value, and parse the required variables based on the groups. See Define a Collector Parser for more details.