About Splunk Enterprise users

Splunk Enterprise serves different types of users. Here are five main personas that use Splunk Enterprise:

Persona	Industry Role	Activities
Administrator	network engineer, system administrator	Configures, administers, optimizes, and secures the Splunk Enterprise deployment Sets up user accounts and permissions Gets data into Splunk Enterprise
Knowledge Manager	data analyst, system administrator	Oversees knowledge object creation, normalization, and usage across teams, departments, and deployments Gets the data into Splunk Enterprise, or works with the administrator to do so Creates and shares data models
Search User	data analyst, IT professional, network engineer, security analyst, system administrator	Uses Search to investigate server problems, understand configurations, monitor user activities, and troubleshoot escalated problems Builds reports and dashboards to monitor the health, performance, activity, and capacity of their IT infrastructure Identifies patterns and trends that are indicators of routine problems
Pivot User	business professional, data analyst, executive, IT professional, manager, system administrator	Uses Pivot to build reports based on data models created by the Knowledge Manager Creates reports and dashboards to monitor their businesses Identifies trends in the health and performance of their businesses
Developer	system integrator, professional developer	Integrates data and functionality of applications with Splunk Enterprise Builds Splunk apps and add-ons with custom dashboards and data visualizations