Advanced Security Information Model (ASIM) workspace deployed parsers

Workspace deployed Advanced Security Information Model (ASIM) parsers are used to support developing and modifying ASIM parsers.

Deploy workspace parsers

ASIM also supports deploying parsers to specific workspaces from GitHub, using an ARM template. Workspace deployed parsers are used for ASIM parser development and management. Workspace deployed parsers are functionally equivalent, but have slightly different naming conventions, allowing both parser sets to coexist with built-in parsers in the same Microsoft Sentinel workspace.

It is recommended to use built-in parsers when developing ASIM content. Workspace deployed parsers are typically used during the parser development process or to provide modified versions of built-in parsers as described in managing parsers

Use workspace parsers

When using workspace parsers in your queries, the unifying parser name is im<schema>, where <schema> stands for the specific schema it serves.

The following table lists the available unifying parsers:

Manage workspace-deployed unifying parsers

Add a custom parser to a workspace-deployed unifying parser

To add a custom parser, insert a line to the union statement in the workspace-deployed unifying parser that references the new custom parser.

Make sure to add both a filtering custom parser and a parameter-less custom parser. The syntax of the line to add is different for each schema:

When adding an additional parser to a unifying parser, make sure you add a comma at the end of the previous line.

For example, the following example shows the DNS filtering unifying parser, after having added the custom added_parser:

  let Generic=(starttime:datetime=datetime(null), endtime:datetime=datetime(null) , srcipaddr:string='*' , domain_has_any:dynamic=dynamic([]) , responsecodename:string='*', response_has_ipv4:string='*' , response_has_any_prefix:dynamic=dynamic([]) , eventtype:string='lookup' ){
  let DisabledParsers=materialize(_GetWatchlist('ASimDisabledParsers') | where SearchKey in ('Any', 'imDns') | extend SourceSpecificParser=column_ifexists('SourceSpecificParser','') | distinct SourceSpecificParser);
  let imDnsBuiltInDisabled=toscalar('imDnsBuiltIn' in (DisabledParsers) or 'Any' in (DisabledParsers)); 
  union isfuzzy=true
      vimDnsEmpty
    , vimDnsCiscoUmbrella  ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsCiscoUmbrella'   in (DisabledParsers) )))
    , vimDnsInfobloxNIOS   ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsInfobloxNIOS'    in (DisabledParsers) )))
    ...
    , vimDnsAzureFirewall  ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsAzureFirewall'   in (DisabledParsers) )))
    , vimDnsMicrosoftNXlog ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsMicrosoftNXlog'  in (DisabledParsers) ))),
    added_parser ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype)
     };
  Generic( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype)

Use a modified version of a workspace-deployed parser

Microsoft Sentinel users can directly modify workspace-deployed parsers. Create a parser based on the original, comment out the original, and then add your modified version to the workspace-deployed unifying parser.

For example, the following code shows a DNS filtering unifying parser, having replaced the vimDnsAzureFirewall parser with a modified version:

  let Generic=(starttime:datetime=datetime(null), endtime:datetime=datetime(null) , srcipaddr:string='*' , domain_has_any:dynamic=dynamic([]) , responsecodename:string='*', response_has_ipv4:string='*' , response_has_any_prefix:dynamic=dynamic([]) , eventtype:string='lookup' ){
  let DisabledParsers=materialize(_GetWatchlist('ASimDisabledParsers') | where SearchKey in ('Any', 'imDns') | extend SourceSpecificParser=column_ifexists('SourceSpecificParser','') | distinct SourceSpecificParser);
  let imDnsBuiltInDisabled=toscalar('imDnsBuiltIn' in (DisabledParsers) or 'Any' in (DisabledParsers)); 
  union isfuzzy=true
      vimDnsEmpty
    , vimDnsCiscoUmbrella  ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsCiscoUmbrella'   in (DisabledParsers) )))
    , vimDnsInfobloxNIOS   ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsInfobloxNIOS'    in (DisabledParsers) )))
    ...
    // , vimDnsAzureFirewall  ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsAzureFirewall'   in (DisabledParsers) )))
    , vimDnsMicrosoftNXlog ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype, (imDnsBuiltInDisabled or('vimDnsMicrosoftNXlog'  in (DisabledParsers) ))),
    modified_vimDnsAzureFirewall ( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype)
     };
  Generic( starttime, endtime, srcipaddr, domain_has_any, responsecodename, response_has_ipv4, response_has_any_prefix, eventtype)

Related content

For more information, see:

• ASIM parsers overview
• Manage ASIM parsers
• Develop custom ASIM parsers