Splunk Fundamentals 1

This course teaches you how to search and navigate in Splunk Module 5 – Using Fields in Searches
to create reports and dashboards, both using Splunk’s § Understand fields
searching and reporting commands and using the product’s § Use fields in searches
interactive Pivot tool. Scenario-based examples and hands-on § Use the fields sidebar
challenges will enable you to create robust searches, reports,
and charts. Module 6 – Search Language Fundamentals
§ Review basic search commands and general search
practices
Course Topics § Examine the search pipeline
§ Introduction to Splunk's interface § Specify indexes in searches
§ Basic searching § Use autocomplete and syntax highlighting
§ Using fields in searches § Use the following commands to perform searches:
§ Search fundamentals o tables
§ Transforming commands o rename
§ Creating reports and dashboards o fields
§ Datasets o dedup
§ The Common Information Model (CIM) o sort
§ Creating and using lookups
Module 7 – Using Basic Transforming Commands
§ Scheduled Reports
§ The top command
§ Alerts
§ The rare command
§ Using Pivot
§ The stats command
Course Prerequisites Module 8 – Creating Reports and Dashboards
None § Save a search as a report
§ Edit reports
Class Format § Create reports that include visualizations such as charts and
eLearning tables
§ Create a dashboard
Course Objectives § Add a report to a dashboard
Module 1 – Introduction § Edit a dashboard
§ How to Use the eLearning Interface
Module 9 – Datasets and the Common Information Model
§ Overview of Buttercup Games Inc.
§ Naming conventions
Module 2 – What is Splunk? § What are datasets?
§ Splunk components § What is the Common Information Model (CMI)?
§ Installing Splunk
Module 10 – Creating and Using Lookups
§ Getting data into Splunk
§ Describe lookups
Module 3 – Introduction to Splunk's User Interface § Create a lookup file and create a lookup definition
§ Understand the uses of Splunk § Configure an automatic lookup
§ Define Splunk Apps
§ Customizing your user settings Module 11 – Creating Scheduled Reports and Alerts
§ Learn basic navigation in Splunk § Describe scheduled reports
§ Configure scheduled reports
Module 4 – Basic Searching
§ Describe alerts
§ Run basic searches
§ Create alerts
§ Use autocomplete to help build a search
§ View fired alerts
§ Set the time range of a search
§ Identify the contents of search results Module 12 - Using Pivot
§ Refine searches § Describe Pivot
§ Use the timeline § Understand the relationship between data models and pivot
§ Work with events § Select a data model object
§ Control a search job § Create a pivot report
§ Save search results § Create an instant pivot from a search
§ Add a pivot report to a dashboard

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