Using Splunk 

This 4 1/2 hour power-user course will teach you to search, navigate, tag, build alerts and create simple reports with Splunk. It's recommended for anyone in your organization who needs to look at IT data - from help desk staff to systems administrators and developers.

Course Topics

• Basic searches and navigation

• Share searches and search results

• Understand and use fields

• Add knowledge to your data with tags and event types

• Create alerts

• Create reports and dashboards

Class Format

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

Course Objectives

Lesson 1 -Start Searching

• Introduce Splunk and the Search app

• Run basic searches

• Identify the contents of search results

• Control a search job 

• Set the time range of a search

• Use the output of a search to refine your search

Lesson 2 - Saving Results and Searches

• Export search results

• Save and share search results

• Save searches

• Schedule searches

Lesson 3 - Using Fields

• Understand fields

• Use fields in searches

• Use the fields sidebar

Lesson 4 - Tags and Event Types

• Understand tags

• Create tags and use tags in a search

• Describe event types and their uses

• Create and use event types in a search

Lesson 5 - Creating Alerts

• Describe alerts

• Create an alert

• View fired alerts

Lesson 6 - Creating Reports 

• Create reports and charts

• Create dashboards and add reports

• Create and edit dashboards