Creating Field Extractions

This three-hour course is for knowledge managers who want to learn about field extraction and the Field Extractor (FX) utility. Topics will cover when certain fields are extracted and how to use the FX to create regex and delimited field extractions.

Days : 2
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Description

Prerequisites

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

  • How Splunk works
  • Knowledge objects

Course Objectives

  • Using the Field Extractor
  • Creating Regex Field Extractions
  • Creating Delimited Field Extractions

Outline: Creating Field Extractions (CFE)

Topic 1 – Using the Field Extractor

  • Understand types of extracted fields and when they are extracted
  • Explore the Splunk Web Field Extractor (FX)

Topic 2 – Creating Regex Field Extractions

  • Identify basics of regular expressions (regex)
  • Understand the regex field extraction workflow
  • Edit regex for field extractions

Topic 3 – Creating Delimited Field Extractions

  • Identify delimited field values in event data
  • Understand the delimited field extraction workflow