I have splunk query which runs every 5 minutes and alert if certain keyword is not logged in index in last 5 minutes. But whenever there are splunk event delays it causes false alert to trigger. Is there any way i can differentiate if keyword is really not logged or is it due to latency in events .
I tried using (_indextime - _time) but this will only work once event is received.
Allow time for events to be indexed by searching earliest=-6m latest=-1m instead of earliest=-5m latest=now.