diff --git a/ASIM/dev/Parser YAML templates/vimFileEventTemplate.yaml b/ASIM/dev/Parser YAML templates/vimFileEventTemplate.yaml
index cf4fc85059d..52787e74037 100644
--- a/ASIM/dev/Parser YAML templates/vimFileEventTemplate.yaml	
+++ b/ASIM/dev/Parser YAML templates/vimFileEventTemplate.yaml	
@@ -16,6 +16,12 @@ Description: |
   This ASIM parser supports normalizing the <product name> logs to the ASIM file activity normalized schema.
 ParserName: <parser function name>
 ParserParams:
+  - Name: starttime
+    Type: datetime
+    Default: datetime(null)
+  - Name: endtime
+    Type: datetime
+    Default: datetime(null)
   - Name: disabled
     Type: bool
     Default: false