Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud (SIMF) – Outline

Detailed Course Outline

Module 1 - Metrics Data Model

• Define components of the Splunk IM Data Model
• Metrics, MTS, datapoints
• Data resolution, rollups
• List the components of a datapoint

Module 2 – Types of Splunk Metrics Metadata

• Discriminate between types of metadata
• Use metadata to segment your data
• Interact with data using the Infrastructure Navigator and built-in dashboards

Module 3 – Finding and Visualizing Metrics

• Search for metrics
• Visualize a metric in a chart
• Create dashboards and dashboard groups
• Distinguish between different chart visualization types

Module 4 – Using Rollups and Analytic Functions

• Correctly apply rollups and analytic functions
• Interpret data in charts

Module 5 – Alerting on Metrics

• Create a detector from a chart
• Clone a detector
• Create standalone detector
• Create a muting rule