Advanced Dashboards & Visualizations with Splunk

This 4.5 hour class focuses on creating dashboards, adding inputs, using event handlers and creating Splunk Custom Visualizations using JavaScript and XML.

 

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Description

Course Content

  • SplunkJS Dashboards
  • Tokens
  • Using Event Handlers
  • Custom Visualizations

Who should attend

This 4.5-hour module is designed for advanced users who want to create SplunkJS dashboards and Splunk Custom Visualizations.

Prerequisites

To be successful, students should have a solid understanding of the following modules :

  • Fundamentals 1 (Retired)
  • Fundamentals 2 (Retired)
  • Creating Dashboards

Or the following single-subject modules

What is Splunk? (WIS)
Intro to Splunk (ITS)
Using Fields (SUF)
Visualizations (SVZ)
Introduction to Dashboards (ITD)
Dynamic Dashboards (SDD)

Students should also have the following skills:

  • Using a terminal editor (vi, nano, etc.)
  • Editing JavaScript, XML, CSS and HTML

Course Objectives

This 4.5 hour class focuses on creating dashboards, adding inputs, using event handlers and creating Splunk Custom Visualizations using JavaScript and XML.

Outline: Advanced Dashboards & Visualizations with Splunk (ADVS)

Topic 1 – SplunkJS Dashboards

  • Identify view types
  • Create a SplunkJS dashboard
  • Define view properties, methods and events
  • List types of search managers

Topic 2 – Using Tokens

  • Use tokens in SplunkJS
  • Define Splunk’s token models
  • Describe how to get, set, and change tokens
  • Create a SplunkJS form

Topic 3 – Using Event Handlers

  • Identify types of event handlers
  • Define event handler syntax
  • Define drilldown properties
  • Create an event handler

Topic 4 – Creating Custom Visualizations

  • Define the custom visualization primary files
  • Add custom visualizations to SplunkJS views
  • Create a custom visualization
  • Define security best practices