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Splunk 7 Essentials, Third Edition

You're reading from Splunk 7 Essentials, Third Edition Demystify machine data by leveraging datasets, building reports, and sharing powerful insights

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2018

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781788839112

Length 220 pages

Edition 3rd Edition

Languages

C++

Tools

Splunk

Concepts

Operational Intelligence

Authors (4):

J-P Contreras

Steven Koelpin

Erickson Delgado

Betsy Page Sigman

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Table of Contents (15) Chapters

Title Page

Copyright and Credits

Packt Upsell

Contributors

Preface

1. Splunk – Getting Started FREE CHAPTER

2. Bringing in Data

3. Search Processing Language

4. Reporting, Alerts, and Search Optimization

5. Dynamic Dashboarding

6. Data Models and Pivot

7. HTTP Event Collector

8. Best Practices and Advanced Queries

9. Taking Splunk to the Organization

Index

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Change the final layout of your Summary Dashboard to look like the following screenshot. Click on Save once you have laid the widgets out in the correct orientation:

Summary Dashboard

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Authors (4)

J-P Contreras

J-P Contreras

J-P Contreras, a Splunk-certified administrator and sales engineer, has delivered value-oriented data analytics and performance planning solutions for 20+ years. He has built award-winning consulting teams to help companies turn data into analytical insights. He helps companies implement Splunk and enjoys everything the Splunk community offers. He received his MBA in e-commerce from DePaul University's Kellstadt Graduate School of Business, Chicago, in 2001. He trains in DePaul's Continuing Education Program and is a member of DePaul's Driehaus School of Business Advisory Board. He'd like to thank his family, especially his wife and children, and close friends for making life so enjoyable.

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Steven Koelpin

Steven Koelpin

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Erickson Delgado

Erickson Delgado

Erickson Delgado is an enterprise architect who loves to mine and analyze data. He began using Splunk in version 4.0 and has pioneered its use into his current work. He has worked with start-up companies in the Philippines to help build their open source infrastructure. He has developed applications with Python and node.js and is interested in Go and recovering programming with C/C++. In the recent years, he engaged himself in employing DevOps in his work. He blows off steam by saltwater fishing, mountain biking, crafting robots, and touring the country. He lives in Orlando.

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Betsy Page Sigman

Betsy Page Sigman

Betsy Page Sigman is a distinguished professor at the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. She has taught courses in statistics, project management, databases, and electronic commerce for the last 16 years, and has been recognized with awards for teaching and service. She has also worked at George Mason University in the past. Her recent publications include a Harvard Business case study and a Harvard Business review article. Additionally, she is a frequent media commentator on technological issues and big data.

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