Splunk’s query language is mainly used for parsing log files and extracting reference information from machine-produced data. It is especially useful for companies who have a number of sources of data which need processing and analyzing simultaneously, to produce results in real-time.
This of course begs the question “What is Splunk search language?”
The Splunk Search Processing Language (SPL) is a language containing many commands, functions, arguments, etc, which are written to get the desired results from the datasets. For example, when you get a result set for a search term, you may further want to filter some more specific terms from the result set.
What is Splunk SQL query?
SQL query Splunk search A Splunk search retrieves indexed data and can perform transforming and reporting operations. Results from one search can be “piped”, or transferred, from command to command, to filter, modify, reorder, and group your results.
One way to think about this is splunk is a software used to search and analyze machine data. This machine data can come from web applications, sensors, devices or any data created by user.
How is the asterisk used in splunk search?
Splunk SPL uses the asterisk ( * ) as a wildcard character. The backslash cannot be used to escape the asterisk in search strings.
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02-21-2018 08:15 PM Splunk SPL uses the asterisk ( * ) as a wildcard character. The backslash cannot be used to escape the asterisk in search strings.
How do I view/test results in Splunk?
Field values are case sensitive. How many results are shown by default when using a Top or Rare Command ?
Also, how to ingest data in Splunk?
Data ingestion in Splunk happens through the Add Datafeature which is part of the search and reporting app. After logging in, the Splunk interface home screen shows the Add Dataicon as shown below. On clicking this button, we are presented with the screen to select the source and format of the data we plan to push to Splunk for analysis.