Implementing Splunk (Update): A comprehensive guide to help you transform Big Data into valuable business insights with Splunk 6.2

Name: Implementing Splunk (Update): A comprehensive guide to help you transform Big Data into valuable business insights with Splunk 6.2
Rating: 4 (2 reviews)

VINCENT BUMGARNER · James D. Miller

Jul 2015 · Packt Publishing Ltd

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Book DescriptionIf you are a data analyst with basic knowledge of Big Data analysis but no knowledge of Splunk, then this book will help you get started with Splunk. The book assumes that you have access to a copy of Splunk, ideally not in production, and many examples also assume you have administrator rights.What you will learn

Enrich your data with lookups and commands
Transform your data into useful and beautiful reports
Build professionallooking, informative dashboards
Get to know what Splunk data models and pivots are
Learn about pivot editor, pivot elements, filters, Sparklines, and more
Manage configurations from one to thousands of instances
Extend Splunk with scripts and advanced configuration
Create fields from your unstructured data
Write searches that are fast and lean

Who this book is for

If you are a data analyst with basic knowledge of Big Data analysis but no knowledge of Splunk, then this book will help you get started with Splunk. The book assumes that you have access to a copy of Splunk, ideally not in production, and many examples also assume you have administrator rights.

Key Features Book DescriptionIf you are a data analyst with basic knowledge of Big Data analysis but no knowledge of Splunk, then this book will help you get started with Splunk. The book assumes that you have access to a copy of Splunk, ideally not in production, and many examples also assume yo...

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About the author

James D. Miller is an IBM certified expert, Master Consultant, Application/System Architect with +35 years of applications & system design/development experience across multiple platforms, technologies and data formats, including Big Data. His experience includes IBM Planning Analytics, BI, Web architecture & design, systems analysis, GUI design & testing, Data modeling, design, and development of OLAP, Client/Server, Web & Mainframe applications and systems utilizing: Planning Analytics Workspace (PAW), IBM Watson Analytics, Cognos BI & TM1, Framework Manager, dynaSight/ArcPlan, ASP, DHTML, XML, MS Visual Basic, VBA, PERL, R, SPLUNK, MS SQL Server, ORACLE, etc. He has authored numerous books, including Implementing Splunk - Second Edition; Mastering Splunk; Hands-On Machine Learning with IBM Watson; IBM Watson Projects; Statistics for Data Science; Mastering Predictive Analytics with R - Second Edition and others. Project areas include those with Data Analytics, Planning Analytics, and FOPM projects, holding various roles from architect, developer, technical and project leader.

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