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Module 1: Beyond Search Fundamentals Flashcards

1
Q

What is this an example of?

Search for a single word (e.g., error) or group of words (e.g., error password)

A

This is an example of Keywords

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NOT, OR, AND are what in the Splunk language?

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Booleans

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Must NOT, OR, AND booleans be uppercase?

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Yes, these Booleans are always uppercase

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Are phrases like “web error” different from “web AND error”?

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Yes, these examples are different

OR is implied not AND

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What are the rules for using Wildcards in Splunk’s search language?

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Starting searches with a wildcard and adding Wildcards in the middle of the search string are inefficient ways to use Wildcards

Tailing wildcards are a best practice

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What are the comparisons used in Splunk’s search language?

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=, !=, ,>=
=, != are used in alphanumeric searches

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This command returns a table containing only specified fields in result set.

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table command

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This command renames a field in results.

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rename command

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This command includes or excludes specified fields.

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fields command

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This command removes duplicates from results

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dedup command

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This command sorts results by specified field.

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sort command

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This command adds field values from an external source (e.g., csv files)

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lookup command

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What are some of the key/values that are case sensitive in Splunk?

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Boolean operators (uppercase)
Field names
Field values from lookup (default, but configurable)
Regular expressions
eval and where commands
Tags

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What are some of the key/values that are case insensitive in Splunk?

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Command names
Command clauses
Search terms
Statistical functions
Field values

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As events come in, where does Splunk place them?

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Into an index’s hot bucket (only writable bucket)

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What is the transition that takes place as the buckets age in Splunk?

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They roll from hot to warm to cold

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What does each bucket have?

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Its own raw data, metadata, and index files

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What does the metadata keep track of?

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Source, sourcetype and host

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When you search, Splunk uses what to choose which buckets to search?

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Time Range

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Splunk uses the bucket indexes to find what?

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Qualifying events

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After time what are the most powerful keywords?

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Host, source, and sourcetype

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22
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What makes searches more efficient?

A

Including as many search terms as possible

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What are some of the things a transforming command can do in Splunk?

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  • Massage raw data into a data table
  • ‘Transforms’ specified cell values for each event into numerical values that you can use for statistical purposes
  • Is required to ‘transform’ search results into visualizations

Commands Include

  • top
  • rare
  • chart
  • timechart
  • stats
  • geostats

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24
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What are the transforming commands in Splunk?

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  • top
  • rare
  • stats
  • chart
  • timechart
  • geostats

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25
Q

What do non-transforming searches return using the Fast Mode?

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Events - fields sidebar displays only those fields required for the search

  • Patterns
  • No statistics or visualizations

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26
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What does Fast Mode focus on?

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Emphasizes performance, returning only essential and required data

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27
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What kind of search results do you get when using transforming searches in Fast Mode?

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  • Statistics and visualizations
  • no Events
  • no Patterns

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28
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What is the default search mode in Splunk?

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Smart Mode

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29
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When searching in Smart Mode what kind of search results do you get with non-transforming searches?

A

Events - fields sidebar displays all fields

  • Patterns
  • no Statistics or visualizations

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30
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Which search mode gives you the best results for your search?

A

Smart Mode

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31
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How does Verbose Mode function?

A

Emphasized completeness by returning all possible field and event data

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32
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For transforming searches, what kind of results do you get using Smart Mode?

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Statistics or visualizations

  • no Events
  • no Patterns

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33
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For non-transforming searches, what results do you get using Verbose Mode?

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Event - fields sidebar displays all fields
Patterns
- no Statistics or visualizations

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34
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Using transforming searches, what results do you get with Verbose Mode?

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Events
Patterns
Statistics or visualizations

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35
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Search Job Inspector allows you to examine what Splunk?

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  • Overall stats of search (e.g., records processed and returned, processing time)
  • How the search was processed
  • Where Splunk spent its time

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What is the Search Job Inspector used for?

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Used to troubleshoot search’s performance and understand the impact of knowledge objects on processing (e.g., event types, tags, lookups)

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37
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Can any search job be inspected?

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Only those that are not expired

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38
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The search job inspector has how many components and what are they?

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It has 3 components and they are:
Header
Execution costs
Search job properties

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39
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Top of search job inspector provides what kind of info?

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Basic info along with time to run and number of events scanned.

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40
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What does Execution Costs provide?

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Details on cost to retrieve results, such as:

  • command.search.index
  • command.search.filter
  • command.search.rawdata

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41
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Time to search the index for the location to read in rawdata files

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command.search.index

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42
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Time to filter out events that do not match

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command.search.filter

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43
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Time to read events from the rawdata files

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command.search.rawdata

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44
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The only efficient place for a wildcard?

A

tailing* - at the end of a string

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45
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When are wildcards tested?

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After all other terms

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46
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Splunk only searches for whole words but ____ is allowed

A

wildcards

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47
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Which is better inclusion or exclusion?

A

Inclusion

-Searching for “access denied” is faster than NOT “access granted”

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48
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When should you use filters if you need to?

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As early in the search as possible

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49
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Performance over completeness

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Fast mode

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50
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Default mode

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Smart mode

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51
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Completeness over performance

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Verbose mode

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