field extraction trouble with forwarders

I'm really frustrated and need a sanity check on what I'm doing. I've got an indexer which is deploying apps to several heavy forwarders. Each app has inputs, props and transforms for specific server type data. The inputs and props are working great, however I can't get any field extraction to show up on the indexer.

One example:

props.conf ------

[stellent_log]
TRANSFORMS-stellent = stellent_setnull, stellent_keep   *(these work)*
REPORT-verbose = verbose_status
REPORT-heap = heap_status
TIME_FORMAT = %m.%d %H:%M:%S.%3N

transforms.conf ------

[verbose_status]
REGEX = Configuring tracing verbose:\s+(\w+):
FORMAT = verbose_status::$1

[heap_status]
REGEX = (?i)are\s+(?<heapfree>\d+)\s+free[^\d]+\s+(?<heaptotal>\d+)\s+meg

• I've read http://www.splunk.com/wiki/Where_do_I_configure_my_Splunk_settings%3F (may not have understood this fully)
• Tested the regex at regexpal.com
• Copied the transform to $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/system/local/ to see if it was in the wrong place
• Extracted fields using the same regex from the WebUI which saved in $SPLUNK_HOME/etc/users/admin/search/local (worked)

The only field extraction I have working is from conf files local to the indexer. Am I making a simple mistake?