The Splunk Platform

SPLK-WOMET8.1 : Working with Metrics in Splunk 8.1

Course Duration

2 Days

Delivery

ILT/VILT

Overview

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This nine hour course provides Splunk users in-depth information about metrics, ingesting and searching metrics data, and how to use the Analytics Workspace to analyze and create visualizations.

What You'll Learn

Metrics Overview
Metrics Terminology
Onboard Metrics Data
Metrics Indexing
Protocols to Ingest Metrics Data
Metrics SPL Commands
Performing Log to Metrics Conversion
Using the Analytics Workspace
Metrics Best Practices

Who Should Attend

Prerequisites

Required:

Fundamentals 1
Fundamentals 2
Splunk System Administration

Recommended

Splunk Data Administration
Splunk Fundamentals 3
Some Linux experience

Learning Journey

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Module 1 - Metrics Overview

Understand the differences between metrics and events
Describe metrics and metrics terminology
Identify the storage and performance benefits of metrics
Review use cases for searching metrics data
Describe metrics dimensions and time series

Module 2 - Indexing and Searching Metrics

Describe metrics indexing
Create metrics indexes
Onboard metrics data
Use the mcatalog, msearch, and mstats commands

Module 3 - Bringing Metrics Into Splunk: Metrics-Formatted Data

Review metrics source types and supported protocols
Use collected to ingest metrics data
Use StatsD to ingest metrics data
Verify onboarding of metrics

Module 4 - Bringing Metrics Into Splunk: Converting Logs to Metrics

Describe the log-to-metrics process
Use m collect and m event collect to convert logs to metrics at search time
Use Splunk Web to convert logs to metrics at ingent time
Use config files to convert logs to metrics at ingest time

Module 5 - Managing Metrics Indexes and Metrics Rollups

Manage metrics indexes
Understand metrics rollups
Configure rollup policies

Module 6 - Analytics Workspace and SAI

Use the Analytics Workspace to analyze and visualize metrics data
Describe the Splunk App for Infrastructure (SAI)

Module 7 - Best Practices and Performance Tuning

Describe metrics best practices
Tune the performance of metrics processing

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Why get Splunk certified?

Splunk certifications validate your expertise in data analytics and your proficiency in using the Splunk platform.
These certifications demonstrate your ability to leverage Splunk's powerful tools for data collection, analysis, and visualization, making you a valuable asset to organizations seeking to gain actionable insights from their data.
Splunk-certified professionals are in high demand across various industries, including IT, security, and business analytics.
What to expect for the examination?

Splunk offers a variety of certification exams at different levels, covering various domains and products within the Splunk platform.
Exams typically consist of multiple-choice and scenario-based questions that assess your knowledge and skills in using Splunk to solve real-world problems.
Note: Certification requirements and policies may be updated by Splunk from time to time. We apologize for any discrepancies; do get in touch with us if you have any questions.
How long is Splunk certification valid for?

All Splunk certifications are valid for three years from the date of passing the highest-level certification exam.
To maintain your certification, you will need to recertify before it expires. You have three options for recertification:
- Pursue a higher-level certification (including any required prerequisite courses), in which case your lower-level certifications would also be renewed on the date of passing the next-level certification exam.
- Retake a certification exam within the final year of their recertification window to renew their certifications at that level (and any applicable downstream certifications).
- Complete continuing education courses at any point in the three year recertification window beginning the date of badge issuance.
Note: Certification requirements and policies may be updated by Splunk from time to time. We apologize for any discrepancies; do get in touch with us if you have any questions.
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