Implementing Splunk 7, Third Edition - Third Edition

Machine Learning Toolkit

The Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit (app), upgraded in version 7.0, delivers special new SPL commands, custom visualizations, assistants, and plenty of examples (referred to as showcases) to explore a variety of machine learning concepts. This chapter focuses on machine learning using one of Splunk's newest features—the Splunk Machine Learning Toolkit.

We will cover the following topics:

• What is machine learning?
• Defining the toolkit.
• The toolkit workbench.
• Assistants.
• Extended SPL.
• Building a model.

In this chapter, you will come to understand what is meant by the term machine learning and how Splunk's Machine Learning Toolkit can be used to create a machine learning model, even if you are not a senior data scientist ...