Creating an Operational Intelligence application

This recipe will show you how to create an empty Splunk app that we will use as the starting point in building our Operational Intelligence application.

Getting ready

To step through this recipe, you will need a running Splunk Enterprise server, with the sample data loaded from Chapter 1, Play Time – Getting Data In. You should have also completed the recipes from the earlier chapters. You should be familiar with navigating the Splunk user interface.

How to do it...

Follow the given steps to create the Operational Intelligence application:

1. Log in to your Splunk server.
2. From the top menu, select Apps and then select Manage Apps.
   
3. Click on the Create app button.
   
4. Complete the fields in the box that follows. Name the app Operational Intelligence and give it a folder name of operational_intelligence. Add in a version number and provide an author name. Ensure that Visible is set to Yes, and the barebones template is selected.
   
5. When the form is completed...