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How to create a dashboard to track alert results by severity level?

yacht_rock
Explorer

I have multiple alerts, each at different severity levels. The output of these alerts are fields like source, destination IP, and user.

If I want a dashboard that shows me the top 5 source IPs by severity by alert, for example - or anything other sort of 'count by (field) over (alert name) by (severity)' type logic - what are the Splunk mechanisms to do so?

I can't map out in my mind what is the best way to get the alert NAME, alert RESULTS, and alert SEVERITY in one place that a user can search against on demand?

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sundareshr
Legend

Try this

index=yourindex | stats values(IPS) as IPS by SEVERITY ALERT

jplumsdaine22
Influencer

Do you mean something like this?

SEVERITY       ALERT          IPS
----------------------------------------
MAJOR          alert_1         192.168.1.1
                               192.168.1.2
                               192.168.1.3
                               192.168.1.4
                               192.168.1.5
               alert_2         192.168.1.1
                               192.168.1.2
                               192.168.1.3
                               192.168.1.4
                               192.168.1.5
MINOR          alert_3         192.168.1.1
                               192.168.1.2
                               192.168.1.3
                               192.168.1.4
                               192.168.1.5

If not can you demonstrate the table you want to achieve? Also if you can post a sample of what your events look like that would help .

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yacht_rock
Explorer

Hi!

Yes, a table like that is exactly what I'm looking for. I was experimenting with a summary index via | collect index=alert_summary at the end of each alert's SPL, then using a data model to calculate a "severity" field based on search_name (the field 'search_name' is auto-added into the summary index along with my alert's results)

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sk314
Builder
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