Fundamentals of Metrics Monitoring in Splunk Observability Cloud (SIMF)

This course serves as the foundation for all other Splunk Observability courses. It provides a fundamental understanding of metrics monitoring in Splunk Observability such as the metrics data model...

This course serves as the foundation for all other Splunk Observability courses. It provides a fundamental understanding of metrics monitoring in Splunk Observability such as the metrics data model and different types of metadata. See how you can interact with data using built-in content, search for metrics, find more information about a metric, visualize and alert on metrics. Learn to use appropriate rollups, interpret chart data based on chart resolution, rollups, and analytic functions.

Note: This course was formerly known as Using Splunk Infrastructure Monitoring (retired course). The new course contains additional content and hands-on labs.

- DevOps/SREs
- Developers

Module 1 - Metrics Data Model


- Define components of the Metrics Data Model
- Metrics, MTS, datapoints
- Data resolution, rollups
- List the components of a datapoint
Module 2 – Types of 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 – Find and Visualize Metrics


- Search for metrics
- Visualize a metric in a chart
- Create dashboards and dashboard group...