What type of information are you looking for? What does your data look like?
Searches are pretty basic - figure out what you want to look for, save it and set up an alert.
Taking a look at http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/User/AboutSearch and http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/User/MonitoringRecurringSituations for some more information..
The docs Brian reference are good places to start.
What type of information are you looking for? What does your data look like?
Searches are pretty basic - figure out what you want to look for, save it and set up an alert.
Taking a look at http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/User/AboutSearch and http://www.splunk.com/base/Documentation/latest/User/MonitoringRecurringSituations for some more information..