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Data Analytics Using Splunk 9.x

You're reading from   Data Analytics Using Splunk 9.x A practical guide to implementing Splunk's features for performing data analysis at scale

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2023
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781803249414
Length 336 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Dr. Nadine Shillingford Dr. Nadine Shillingford
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Table of Contents (18) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Part 1: Getting Started with Splunk
2. Chapter 1: Introduction to Splunk and its Core Components FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Setting Up the Splunk Environment 4. Chapter 3: Onboarding and Normalizing Data 5. Part 2: Visualizing Data with Splunk
6. Chapter 4: Introduction to SPL 7. Chapter 5: Reporting Commands, Lookups, and Macros 8. Chapter 6: Creating Tables and Charts Using SPL 9. Chapter 7: Creating Dynamic Dashboards 10. Part 3: Advanced Topics in Splunk
11. Chapter 8: Licensing, Indexing, and Buckets 12. Chapter 9: Clustering and Advanced Administration 13. Chapter 10: Data Models, Acceleration, and Other Ways to Improve Performance 14. Chapter 11: Multisite Splunk Deployments and Federated Search 15. Chapter 12: Container Management 16. Index 17. Other Books You May Enjoy

Creating Dynamic Dashboards

Now that we know how to create tables and charts, let’s explore incorporating these visualizations into dashboards. Dashboards are a great way of communicating information with others. Splunk dashboards can be created with filters, tokens, and drilldowns to make them more dynamic. We can also embed reports and JavaScript code. Splunk dashboards are composed of one or more panels that can be grouped to tell a story. Classic Splunk dashboards were created using Simple XML. Therefore, a classic dashboard in Splunk is an XML file composed of commonly used XML tags such as <form>, <title>, and <input>, as well as Splunk-specific tags such as <table>, <chart>, and <search>. Splunk introduced Splunk Dashboard Studio in version 8.2x. Splunk Dashboard Studio is a set of tools that can be used to build aesthetically pleasing dynamic dashboards. First, we will create a dashboard using Simple XML and then we will create a dashboard...

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