Introduction to Dashboards

This four-and-a-half hour course teaches students how to create dashboards in Dashboard Studio.

Students will learn the basics of the dashboard source code, dashboard layout types, how to select a data source, and improve dashboard performance.

Course Topics

  • Dashboard Framework
  • Dashboard Layouts
  • Data Sources
  • Event Annotations
  • Improving Performance

Course Format

  • Instructor-led or eLearning

Required (Prerequisite) Knowledge

To be successful, students must have a solid understanding of these courses:

  • Intro to Splunk
  • Using Fields
  • Search Optimization

Or the following legacy courses:

  • Splunk Fundamentals 1 & 2

Recommended Knowledge

To be successful, students are recommended (but not required) to have a solid understanding of these courses:

  • Intro to Knowledge Objects
  • Visualizations

Course Objective

Topic 1

Create a Prototype

  • Describe dashboard framework
  • Compare layout types
  • Add visualizations
  • Manage views

Topic 2

Selecting a Data Source

  • Define the dataSources stanza
  • Explain how mock data is used
  • Create event annotations

Topic 3

Improving Performance

  • Identify performance improvement methods
  • Use tstats and an accelerated data model
  • Create base and chain searches
  • Set dashboard defaults

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