By completing Search Expert 101, 102 & 103, you will be able to write efficient searches, perform correlations, create visualizations, and leverage subsearches and lookups. This course will also show you how to get started using your machine data to provide actionable reports and dashboards for your organization.
Splunk Search Expert Specialization
Splunk Search Expert Specialization
Become a Search Expert and write efficient searches, perform correlations, create visualizations, and leverage sub-searches and lookups.
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Specialization - 3 course series
Splunk Search Expert 101
Course 12 hours
What you'll learn
Investigate data using Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) and create searches, reports, dashboards, and visualizations.
Utilize temporary and persistent fields in searches and enrich data with fields from other data sources.
Create, managed, and schedule reports and alerts to automate processes and respond to incidents as they occur.
Visualize data to create charts, graphs, and maps and use visual formatting commands to curate appearance.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Security Information and Event Management (SIEM)
Category: Business Process Automation
Category: Data Processing
Category: Ad Hoc Reporting
Category: Query Languages
Category: Business Analysis
Category: Analysis
Category: Business Intelligence
Category: Incident Response
Category: Exploratory Data Analysis
Category: Data Science
Category: Splunk
Category: Big Data
Category: Dashboard
Category: Data Visualization Software
Splunk Search Expert 102
Course 25 hours
What you'll learn
Filter data using time modifiers and time commands and use formatting functions to accommodate various time formats.
Calculate statistics using transforming commands and mathematical and statistical eval functions.
Compare, manipulate, and normalize data using several commands including the all-powerful eval command and an array of functions.
Enrich results with lookups and subsearches to correlate and filter data from multiple sources.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Time Series Analysis and Forecasting
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Data Processing
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Analysis Expressions (DAX)
Category: Data Synthesis
Category: Data Science
Category: Splunk
Category: Data Transformation
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Statistical Analysis
Category: Big Data
Splunk Search Expert 103
Course 34 hours
What you'll learn
Use specific commands to calculate co-occurrence between fields and analyze data from multiple datasets.
Understand how components of a search are broken down and processed across the Splunk data pipeline and how to troubleshoot searches.
Manipulate, evaluate, and analyze multivalue data and create multivalue fields in search with multivalue eval commands and functions.
Improve search performance by understanding search best practices, accelerating repots and data models to optimize frequently accessed data.
Skills you'll gain
Category: Transaction Processing
Category: Correlation Analysis
Category: Data Analysis
Category: Performance Tuning
Category: Data Modeling
Category: Data Science
Category: Data Manipulation
Category: Splunk
Category: Business Analytics
Category: Data Visualization
Category: Big Data
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