Learning Splunk - Overview of Splunk UI

This video tutorial covers the use of the Splunk environment, focusing on the search interface. It explains how to effectively use Splunk's search functionalities, including selected and interesting fields, time range selection, search pipeline, and different search modes. The tutorial also provides examples of using wild cards, Boolean logic, and case sensitivity in searches. Additionally, it discusses how search results are displayed, highlighting terms and ordering logs chronologically.

What is the primary focus of this section of the video?

• Using the Splunk environment and search interface

• Installing Splunk on a server

• Building a new Splunk environment

• Configuring network settings for Splunk

Which of the following is true about search terms in Splunk?

• Boolean operators must be in lowercase

• Field names are not case sensitive

• Search terms are case sensitive

• Search terms are not case sensitive

How can you search for variations of a word in Splunk?

• By using a question mark

• By using a plus sign

• By using a wildcard character

• By using a tilde

What happens when you search for a term in Splunk?

• The term is highlighted in the results

• The term is ignored if not capitalized

• The term is automatically corrected

• The term is only searched in field names

In Splunk, how are the search results ordered by default?

• By field name

• Chronologically with the newest first

• By relevance

• Alphabetically