Developing Apps with Splunk

This nine-hour course provides training on Splunk App development. Build and use a Splunk App, create dashboards, search forms, and search views for your App, leverage Splunk's UI modules, and package your app for distribution. 

Course Topics

• Use Simple XML syntax to enhance dashboards

• Create and use form searches

• Create advanced views

• Customize app navigation 

• Create and use workflow actions

• Identify app supporting files and package apps for distribution

Class Format

Instructor-led lecture with labs. Delivered via virtual classroom or at your site. 

Prerequisites

Using Splunk

Searching and Reporting with Splunk

Course Objectives

Lesson 1 - Introduction to Apps

• Identify views in the context of apps

• Understand the role knowledge objects and permissions play in apps

Lesson 2 - Creating and Editing Dashboards

• Add a dashboard to the Search app 

• Edit dashboard objects using the visual editor

Lesson 3 - Simple XML Options

• Define the simple XML syntax

• Add and modify panels using simple XML

Lesson 4 - Creating an App

• Identify the app directory structure

• Create an app

Lesson 5 - Form Searches

• Understand form search views

• Create form search views

• Set view permissions

Lesson 6 - Introduction to Advanced Views

• Identify advanced view templates and the advanced XML format

• Define layout panels

• Convert simple XML to advanced XML

Lesson 7 - Module Concepts 

• Define modules

• Create a search view using advanced XML modules

Lesson 8 - Dashboard View Modules

• Identify common modules used in dashboards

• Create a dashboard view using advanced XML modules

Lesson 9 - Workflow Actions

• Define workflow actions

• Use workflow actions in search results

Lesson 10 - Navigation and Branding

• Customize app navigation

• Assign an icon for your app

• Leverage the application CSS file

• Use IFrames and server side includes to display external content

Lesson 11 - Supporting Files

• Examine configuration and other supporting files as they relate to apps

• Learn stanza attributes of these files

Lesson 12 - Packaging Apps

• Prepare apps for packaging and distribution

• Package apps