Data analysis
As we move forward, the next step is to analyze the indexed data. This is a specialized skill that needs to be mastered to achieve accurate results. Post collection of data that can run into gigabytes, fetching exact symptoms or the problem can sometimes requires a very complex query or parsing of available data.
Fortunately, a lot of tools that act as data collectors also have extensive built-in support for query and analysis. Data analysis usually starts with writing a good SQL query to identify the actionable data to perform complex operations using platform-specific queries such as Search Processing Language (SPL) in Splunk.
A key outcome of this exercise is identification for a particular trigger from the query, against ...
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