Pivot charting top error codes

In this final recipe, you will use the Pivot tool to chart the top error codes over time. Error codes from web application logs generally fall into two main categories: client-side errors and server-side errors. Plotting the error codes over time will help identify which errors are occurring, the types of errors, and when they occur.

While this recipe is slightly less technical to implement than the previous recipe, it will serve to reinforce understanding and less instruction will be provided.

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, and the completed recipes from earlier...