Patent ID: 9146954
Filing Date: 2015-09-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: performing a search query in response to user input to produce a search result set comprising one or more entries each having one or more data items, each data item having an ordinal position within the entry; causing display of a table in a graphical user interface (GUI), the table having one or more rows each having one or more columns, wherein each of the data items of a particular entry of the search result set appears in a respective column of the same row of the table, each respective column corresponding to the ordinal position of its respective data item within the entry; receiving user input designating, for each respective column, an element name and a type of entity definition component to which the respective column pertains; and creating or modifying and entity definition stored in computer memory, including storing for each of the data items of the particular entry of the search results set a value of an element of the entity definition, wherein: wherein the entity definition represents an entity having corresponding machine data; and wherein the method is performed by a computer system comprising one or more processing devices coupled to the computer memory.