FAQ's
The main difference between stats and charts in Splunk is the specification of a number of fields using the BY clause.
The TOP commands help in finding the major common values present in the fields.
The main requirement of Splunk is to extract insights from a huge amount of data. It also helps to monitor, analyze and visualize the data generated from the machine data algorithms in real-time.
Index: An Index in Splunk is the repository of the data in Splunk. It basically contains all the data that a user can make use of in Splunk.
Source type: A source type is a default field that is specified to all the incoming data present in Splunk. Hence, it can be used perfectly for indexing.