Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability
Summary
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This course serves as the foundation for all other Splunk Observability courses. It is targeted towards DevOps/SRE/Observability teams, Senior On-call Engineers, Onboarding and Monitoring Strategists and Developers. This 6-hr course provides a fundamental understanding of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability such as the metrics data model and different types of metadata. See how you can interact with data using built-in content, search for metrics, find more information about a metric, visualize and alert on metrics. Learn to use appropriate rollups, interpret chart data based on chart resolution, rollups, and analytic functions. All concepts are taught using lectures and scenario-based hands-on activities. Note:This course was formerly known as Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring Fundamentals. The new course
contains additional content and hands-on labs.
Description
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Define components of the metrics data model
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Discriminate between types of metadata
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Interact with data using built-in content
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Create dashboards using best practices
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Find and visualize metrics
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Alert on metrics
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Correctly interpret data in charts based on rollups, analytic functions and chart resolution
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Splunk Credit Value: 75
Duration: 6 hours
Time: 9am – 4.00pm AET
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Objectives
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Module 1 - Metrics Data Model
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Define components of the Splunk IM Data Model
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Metrics, MTS, datapoints
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Data resolution, rollups
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List the components of a datapoint
Module 2 – Types of Splunk Metrics Metadata
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Discriminate between types of metadata
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Use metadata to segment your data
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Interact with data using the Infrastructure Navigator and built-in dashboards
Module 3 – Finding and Visualizing Metrics
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Search for metrics
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Visualize a metric in a chart
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Create dashboards and dashboard groups
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Distinguish between different chart visualization types
Module 4 – Using Rollups and Analytic Functions
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Correctly apply rollups and analytic functions
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Interpret data in charts
Module 5 – Alerting on Metrics
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Create a detector from a chart
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Clone a detector
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Create standalone detector
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Create a muting rule
Prerequisites
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Introduction to Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring (eLearning)
Splunk Course Schedules and Timezones
Ingeniq Course are delivered live and in English and provide access to customers spanning multiple timezones.
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Dates and times displayed for each course are relative to Australian Eastern Time (AET).
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AM Marked Splunk Courses
AM marked courses start at AET 9:00am and finish at AET 1:30pm (4.5 hour sessions over 1 or more days) and are optimal for customers in the following countries and areas;
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UTC+10 including Australia (East Coast)
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UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)
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UTC-7 including USA (Mid West)
PM Marked Splunk Courses
PM marked courses start at AEDT 12:00pm and are optimal for customers in the following countries and areas;
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UTC+10 including Australia (East Coast)
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UCT+11/+12 including New Zealand and the Pacific Islands
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UTC-8 including USA (West Coast), Canada (West Coast)
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UTC-7 including USA (Mid West)