I am new to splunk and was wondering if anyone has a document they don't mind sharing detailing "example search queries" as a starting point? any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
@Ghanayem1974, you can refer to Splunk Search Tutorial with mock data and step by step instruction for creation of Splunk Dashboard.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchTutorial/AboutgettingdataintoSplunk
For various Splunk Commands and Examples, you can refer to Splunk Documentation itself which are listed on the left side. http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/Search
For starting with creation of dashboards with examples you can refer to Splunk Dashboard Examples App from Splunkbase: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1603/
You should also go through Splunk Search Fundamentals 1 course for learning Splunk https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPX9
I'll self promote here. Sorry, not sorry.
Go check out https://gosplunk.com for a repository of queries shared by a bunch of users.
Another site bbosearch has a few queries as well.
~Joe
In addition to the course
why do not you start with getting data in and do things practically with the help of this beautiful doc:
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/7.0.1/Search/GetstartedwithSearch
@Ghanayem1974, you can refer to Splunk Search Tutorial with mock data and step by step instruction for creation of Splunk Dashboard.
http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchTutorial/AboutgettingdataintoSplunk
For various Splunk Commands and Examples, you can refer to Splunk Documentation itself which are listed on the left side. http://docs.splunk.com/Documentation/Splunk/latest/SearchReference/Search
For starting with creation of dashboards with examples you can refer to Splunk Dashboard Examples App from Splunkbase: https://splunkbase.splunk.com/app/1603/
You should also go through Splunk Search Fundamentals 1 course for learning Splunk https://www.splunk.com/view/SP-CAAAPX9
I suggest looking at the Splunk Fundamentals 1 course, which is free: