Overview

The SPLK-1001: Splunk Core Certified User Study Guide contains the official objectives that will provide proper knowledge to the candidates with the goal to upgrade their skills or simply to confirm what they already know. The main objectives are covering Splunk basics and searching, how to use fields in searches, using basic transforming commands as well as covering reports, dashboards, lookups and alerts.This study guide includes explanations for both correct and incorrect answers, providing future candidates to learn and understand the concepts and methodologies that are appended to the SPLK-1001: Splunk Core Certified User exam objectives while going through the practice tests.Each of the practice exams grants the learner with enough time in order to respond to all questions. The idea is to provide candidates with extended time to learn and confirm their skills while preparing for the certification.The intent here is not a "run against the clock" training exam. It is focused on providing the proper knowledge in regards to server administrators managing simple or complex server environments.The following objectives are covered:1.0 Splunk Basics1.1 Splunk components1.2 Understand the uses of Splunk1.3 Define Splunk apps1.4 Customizing user settings1.5 Basic navigation in Splunk2.0 Basic Searching2.1 Run basic searches2.2 Set the time range of a search2.3 Identify the contents of search results2.4 Refine searches2.5 Use the timeline2.6 Work with events2.7 Control a search job2.8 Save search results3.0 Using Fields in Searches3.1 Understand fields3.2 Use fields in searches3.3 Use the fields sidebar4.0 Search Language Fundamentals4.1 Review basic search commands and general search practices4.2 Examine the search pipeline4.3 Specify indexes in searches4.4 Use the following commands to perform searches: tables, rename, fields, dedup, and sort5.0 Using Basic Transforming Commands5.1 The top command5.2 The rare command5.3 The stats command6.0 Creating Reports and Dashboards6.1 Save a search as a report6.2 Edit reports6.3 Create reports that display statistics (tables)6.4 Create reports that display visualizations (charts)6.5 Create a dashboard6.6 Add a report to a dashboard6.7 Edit a dashboard7.0 Creating and Using Lookups7.1 Describe lookups7.2 Examine a lookup file example7.3 Create a lookup file and create a lookup definition7.4 Configure an automatic lookup7.5 Use the lookup in searches8.0 Creating Scheduled Reports and Alerts8.1 Describe scheduled reports8.2 Configure scheduled reports8.3 Describe alerts8.4 Create alerts8.5 View fired alertsAt the end of this study guide, candidates will be better prepared for the official SPLK-1001: Splunk Core Certified User certification exam.

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