Practical Splunk: Build Data Intelligence through SPL, Reports, and Dashboards

Course details

This course provides you with a functional, hands-on overview on how to create data intelligence from machine-generated data using Splunk Dashboard Studio to display it. With easy-to-follow examples and demonstrations, instructor Karun Subramanian takes you through some of the most important Splunk functionalities, such as using the field extraction wizard, grouping events, using external lookups, creating statistics, configuring alerts, scheduling searches, and developing dashboards. Along the way, you’ll gain valuable skills and technical know-how for writing and understanding complex queries, improving dashboard performance, and more.

Learning objectives
Conduct searches using the Search Processing Language (SPL).
Group and correlate events.
Perform statistical calculations from search results.
Visualize data using charts.
Create reports, alerts, and dashboards.
Use lookups to enhance search results.
Create data dashboards in Splunk Dashboard Studio.

Concepts

Introduction

Practical Splunk for beginners - Introduction

The Splunk Platform

Learning objectives
Why Splunk
Components of Splunk
Uses of Splunk
Installing and setting up Splunk
What's new in Splunk 9

Search Processing Language

Learning objectives
The Splunk search interface
Structure of an SPL query
Running basic searches

Creating Statistics

Learning objectives
The stats command
The eval command
The timechart command

Fields and Field Extractions

Learning objectives
Fields introduction
Using the field extraction wizard
Using the rex command

Grouping Events and Using Lookups

Learning objectives
Using the transaction command
Using join and append
Using lookups

Creating Reports and Alerts

Learning objectives
Creating reports
Saving and scheduling reports
Creating alerts

Creating Dashboards

Learning objectives
Creating basic dashboards
Configuring drilldown
Adding input panels

Using Splunk Dashboard Studio

Learning objectives
Using Splunk Dashboard Studio
Creating a dashboard using Splunk Dashboard Studio
Adding dashboard interactions
Using data sources

Conclusion

Practical Splunk for beginners - Summary