search

search

noun

The primary way users navigate data in Splunk Enterprise and Splunk Cloud Platform. You can write a search to retrieve events from an index, use statistical commands to calculate metrics and generate reports, search for specific conditions within a rolling time range window, identify patterns in your data, predict future trends, and so on. You can save searches as reports and use them to power dashboard panels.

Related terms

• ad hoc search
• saved search
• Search Processing Language (SPL)

For more information

In the Search Tutorial:

• About the Search Tutorial

In the Search Manual:

• Get started with Search
• Use the search command to retrieve events

In the Search Reference:

• Welcome to the Search Reference
• Command quick reference
• Splunk Enterprise Quick Reference Guide
• Commands by category