Creating Field Extractions

Course code: SPLUNKCFEXT

This three-hour course is for knowledge managers who want to learn about field extraction and the Field Extractor (FX) utility. Topics will cover when certain fields are extracted and how to use the FX to create regex and delimited field extractions.

Course structure

Module 1 – Using the Field Extractor

• Understand types of extracted fields and when they are extracted
• Explore the Splunk Web Field Extractor (FX)

Module 2 – Creating Regex Field Extractions

• Identify basics of regular expressions (regex)
• Understand the regex field extraction workflow
• Edit regex for field extractions

Module 3 – Creating Delimited Field Extractions

• Identify delimited field values in event data
• Understand the delimited field extraction workflow