Techniques for parsing rule creation are provided. A technique for
constructing one or more message parsing rules may comprise the following
steps. First, message data representing past messages, for example,
associated with a network, an application and/or a system being analyzed,
is obtained. For example, this may involve reading the past or historical
message data from messages logs or having a system point to the message
data in existing data storage. Parsing rules are then generated by a
process from one or more existing rule templates and/or based on user
selection and classification of at least a portion of a message. For
example, the user may choose a message part and demonstratively classify
the part, for example, as a positive or negative example. The generated
rules may then be stored for access by a rule-based parsing system such
as a message adaptation system. Prior to generation of the one or more
parsing rules, a message structure may be established upon which
generation of the rules may be based.