Course description
- Metrics Overview
- Metrics Terminology
- Onboard Metrics Data
- Metrics Indexing
- Protocols to Ingest Metrics Data
- Metrics SPL Commands
- Log to metrics Conversion
- Use the Metrics Workspace
- Metrics Best Practices
Course structure
Topic 1 – Metrics Overview
- Overview of metrics data and terminology
- Review Splunk framework for metrics
- Discuss metrics use cases
Topic 2 – Onboarding Metrics Data
- Review metrics source types and protocols
- Describe metrics indexing
- Introduce rollup policies
- Review the process of ingesting metrics data
Topic 3 – Log to Metrics
- Create metrics data from events
- Create a log to metrics source type
- Ingest event and metrics data from log files
Topic 4 – Searching Metrics Data
- Search metrics data using SPL
- Review the Metrics Workspace
- Use the metrics workspace to analyze and visualize metrics data
