Knowledge Management

How do you create a summary index?

1dbenzo
Explorer

Hello, can anybody tell me how to "create a summary index"?

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skulk
Explorer

Pretty good intro in Summary Indexes
https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAACZW

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_d_
Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

To create an index (whether or not it will be used for summaries does not matter) follow the instructions here:

Set up multiple indexes

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Ayn
Legend

therealdpk
Path Finder

The documentation is not very clear on one point: It says you simply run "eventtype = firewall | stop src_ip" and that creates a summary index named "summary". Where did that name come from and what if I want two summary indexes to exist?

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