indexCategory

The category of the field index:

• DEFAULT: Fields that CloudWatch Logs indexes by default. Examples include @logStream and @data_format.

• CUSTOM: Fields that you added manually to the field index policy. CloudWatch Logs always indexes these fields. These fields count toward the quota of 20 fields for each log group.

• AUTO: Fields that CloudWatch Logs indexes automatically based on your query patterns and usage. These fields do not count toward the field index quota. CloudWatch Logs might update these fields based on changes in your query patterns. To keep a field indexed permanently, add it to an account-level or log-group level field index policy.

• INACTIVE: Fields that CloudWatch Logs indexed before but does not index now. This happens if you remove a field from the field index policy or if CloudWatch Logs automatically selects a different field based on your queries.

For more information about automatically indexed fields, see Automatically indexed fields.