Practical Splunk Search Processing Language: A Guide for Mastering SPL Commands for Maximum Efficiency and Outcome

© Karun Subramanian 2020

K. SubramanianPractical Splunk Search Processing Languagehttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6276-4_9

9. Optimizing SPL

Karun Subramanian¹  

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Greater Minneapolis, MN, USA

 

We have come to the final chapter of this book. So far, we have learned how to use the many useful SPL commands. In this chapter, last but not least, we are going to learn how to optimize your SPL queries for maximum performance. If you have been using Splunk for a while, you would have inevitably come across situations where your search seemed to be taking forever to complete. There are many actions you can take to speed up your search. Tuning your search is an important and very useful step for several reasons. First, it gets you the result you want faster. ...