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Get Data Into Splunk!

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Splunk Employee
Splunk Employee

View our Tech Talk: Admin Edition,  Get Data into Splunk on demand. 

Getting Data Into Splunk is one of the first best practice topics for getting started successfully with Splunk. In order to make decisions about the best way to get data into your Splunk instance, it is important to understand the system architecture, key data onboarding terms, and the different data ingestion tools. We offer a variety of flexible options and resources to bring any and all of your data into Splunk empowering you to make fully informed decisions.

Tune in to:

  • Learn about which types of data sources you can ingest (hint: any type!)
  • Determine the best way to get your data into on-prem Splunk Enterprise depending on your data source and data goals
  • See a demo of Splunk’s “Guided Data Onboarding” workflow tool that provides a UI driven path for seamlessly getting data in

Tech Talk discussions remain open for two weeks following the live Tech Talk event. Have more questions?  Check out the Getting Data In section in our community.

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