GCP PubSub data input configuration fields

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title: GCP PubSub data input configuration fields
description: Description of the fields on the GCP PubSub data input configuration form.
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# GCP PubSub data input configuration fields

Description of the fields on the GCP PubSub data input configuration form.

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Field

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Description

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Name

</td><td>

Name of the new data input. This field is required.

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Description

</td><td>

Optional description of the data input.

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Execute on

</td><td>

Option to select whether to use a specific MID Server or a specific MID Server cluster. This field is required.

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MID

</td><td>

\(Only when the **Execute on** field is set to Specific MID Server\)

The MID Server to which the logs are streamed. This field is required.**Note:**

-   If log ingestion is not enabled for the selected MID Server, Health Log Analytics enables it automatically.
-   The default maximum number of data inputs streaming logs to a single MID Server is 10. You can modify this number in the MID Server properties.

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MID Server Cluster

</td><td>

\(Only when **Execute on** is set to Specific MID Server cluster.\)

The MID Server cluster to which the log data is pulled. This field is required.The data input runs on a single MID Server in the cluster until that MID Server fails. The system then moves all the data input tasks to the next available MID Server in the cluster according to the configured order.

**Note:**

-   Health Log Analytics supports only failover MID Server clusters. In these clusters, multiple MID Servers are grouped together for failover protection. When selecting a cluster from the data input or integration form, the MID Server clusters list displays only failover clusters.
-   Log ingestion must be enabled for each MID Server in the cluster. If log ingestion is not enabled for the active MID Server, Health Log Analytics enables it automatically.
-   The default maximum number of data inputs or integrations streaming logs to a single MID Server is 10. A cluster passes capacity validation if it contains at least one MID Server with fewer than 10 data inputs or integrations running on it. This is true even when that MID Server is down.

For more information about MID Server clusters, see [Configure a MID Server cluster](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/t_ConfigureAMIDServerCluster.md).

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Service instance

</td><td>

The service instance to which to bind the log data. This field is required.Selecting the service instance enables HLA to correlate CIs and service instances in the CMDB for root cause analysis.

**Note:** If no appropriate service instance exists, create one, add CIs to it, and set its status to Operational. For more information, see [Create a Service instance \(application service\)](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/servicenow-platform/create-it-services.md).

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</table>|Field|Description|
|-----|-----------|
|Transport|Protocol used to send the log data: PubSub. This field is read-only.|
|Sources count|The number of log sources this data input has created. This field is read-only.|
|Status|Status of the data input. This field is read-only.|
|Disabled since|The time when the data input stopped or failed. This field is read-only.|
|MID last receiving time|The time when the last log streamed in the data input.|
|Advanced|Option to display the **Advanced** tab for advanced configuration.|

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Field

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Description

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Project ID

</td><td>

The project ID of the Google Cloud project. For example, my-project-id. This field is required.

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Topic Name

</td><td>

The Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic to which to subscribe Health Log Analytics. For example, my\_topic. This field is required.

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Google Cloud Credential Alias

</td><td>

The credential alias to be used. This field is required.Specify one GCP credential alias by selecting the magnifying glass icon. Select an existing credential alias from the **Connection &amp; Credential Aliases** list, or select **New** to create a new record. The default is sn\_occ.HLA\_Credential\_Alias.

For information about creating a credential alias, see [Credential aliases for Discovery](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/platform-security/discovery-credential-alias.md).

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Subscription Name

</td><td>

The subscription Health Log Analytics uses to receive log data that is published on the Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic.If you leave this field empty, Health Log Analytics uses ServiceNow-Subscription.

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</table>|Field|Description|Default value|
|-----|-----------|-------------|
|Subscriber Thread Pool Size|The number of concurrent threads that are downloading files from the Google Cloud Pub/Sub topic.|1|
|Default timezone|The default time zone used when a log doesn't include time zone information.|GMT|
|Max length in bytes|The maximum length of log messages, in bytes.|32,766|
|Character encoding|The character encoding for this data input. This field is read-only.|UTF-8|
|Sub sample drop ratio|The number of events to batch together, out of which one will be discarded. This setting is used to reduce the number of fetched events.|-1|
|Sub sample receive ratio|The number of events to batch together, out of which all but one will be discarded. This setting is used to decrease the number of received events.|-1|
|Rate limit|The maximum number of events per second that this data input processes.|-1|
|Drop if queue is full|Option to discard logs if many processes are waiting in the queue to access the MID Server.|Clear|

**Parent Topic:**[Data input configuration fields](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/it-operations-management/health-log-analytics/hla-data-input-config-fields.md)