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Problem:

This PR addresses an issue in the Brain module when writing structured log data to a CSV file. The error encountered is:

Error: need to escape, but no escapechar set

The error occurs when parsing datasets that contain special characters or quotes. By default, pandas.to_csv() does not set an escape character, which leads to a failure when special characters are present in the data.

Solution:

The fix involves explicitly setting the following options when calling to_csv() in generateresult method of LogParser class:

  • escapechar='\\': Specifies the escape character (\) to handle special characters correctly.
  • quoting=1 (csv.QUOTE_MINIMAL): Ensures that fields containing special characters (such as commas, quotes, or newlines) are wrapped in quotes.

Checklist:

  • Code tested with large datasets containing special characters that previously caused the error.
  • Changes verified to be backward-compatible.
  • Structured logs (_structured.csv) and event templates (_templates.csv) were successfully written without encountering the escapechar error.

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