Splunk event type refers to a collection of data which helps in categorizing events based on common characteristics.
It is a user-defined field which scans through huge amount of data and returns the search results in the form of dashboards. You can also create alerts based on the search results.
Tags:
Splunk tags are used to assign names to specific fields and value combinations.
It is the simplest method to get the results in pair while searching. Any event type can have multiple tags to get quick results.
It helps to search groups of event data more efficiently.
Tagging is done on the key value pair which helps to get information related to a particular event, whereas an event type provides the information of all the Splunk events associated with it.
You can also assign multiple tags to a single value
Most popular use case where we are using event types and tags is CIMMapping.
