This Week's Community Digest - Splunk Community Happenings [05.10.2022]

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Get the latest news and updates from the Splunk Community here!

This Week From Splunk Answers ✍️

Splunk Answers is hopping, as usual. We're excited to see so much rich activity within your posts and replies every day. Check out the top five threads - with the most replies (~20) - within this past week:

• SSL Certificate Checker App- How to configure?
• How to get Windows data into Splunk Cloud?
• Help with timechart drilldown without by clause
• Regex working on search but not props/transforms
• How to do regex Extraction on multiple lines?

Upcoming User Group Events! 👏

Check out these user group events happening in May. Most meetings are hybrid or virtual, but we've got a flurry of in-person meetups going on now as well.

May Upcoming User Group Events:

• Chicago User Group 5/12 - (In-person) [RSVP] Meet and geek with other Splunk Users, enjoy complimentary refreshments and swag, and just enjoy being in-person again. Informal event; no presentation. The rooftop will be available to our group, weather permitting! 
• Baltimore User Group 5/16 - (Virtual) [RSVP] May meeting! We do have a speaker lined up, it should be folks from the Global Impact Team at Splunk! More info to come!
• Harrisburg User Group 5/16 - (Virtual) [RSVP] May meeting! We do have a speaker lined up, it should be folks from the Global Impact Team at Splunk! More info to come!
• How to Start or Lead a Splunk User Group  5/17 - (Virtual) [RSVP] In this session, formerly known as "Splunk User Group Leader Training," you will learn what it takes to be a Splunk User Group leader, along with the next steps in creating a Splunk User Group or joining an existing leadership team. This course is mandatory for anyone who intends to lead a Splunk User Group.
• Columbus User Group 5/17 - (In-person) [RSVP] Join the Usergroup this month to hear Dustin give a demo of his conf Talk on LISPY, and receive your feedback.  Then let's discuss everyone's plans for conf and take a look at the agenda planner available via the conf website.
• How to Start or Lead a Splunk User Group  5/19 - (Virtual) [RSVP] In this session, formerly known as "Splunk User Group Leader Training," you will learn what it takes to be a Splunk User Group leader, along with the next steps in creating a Splunk User Group or joining an existing leadership team. This course is mandatory for anyone who intends to lead a Splunk User Group.

As always, you can search the full list of User Groups to find meetups in all locations! As we finally shift into more in-person meetups and/or hybrid, there are still plenty of virtual opportunities for you to join!

ICYMI - New from the Community Blog 🆕

Check out the most recent posts from the Community Blog:

• Announcing...the .conf22 Scheduler is now Live! .conf22 Scheduler is now live! Splunk enthusiasts can check out this year's ah-mazing offerings and now start building their personalized schedules. Explore sessions by type, track, product, role, skill level, industry, and more to create your own personalized schedule for .conf22. Mix and match any filters to find specific session content.Better, Faster, Stronger: A new Splunk Lantern Thanks to the feedback we’ve received from our users we’ve created a brand new and enhanced Lantern experience, and we are very happy to announce that our latest site release is now live!

— Michelle Schlachta, Community + Content at Splunk