SPL is – more or less – a mash-up of SQL, shell scripting, search engine syntax, and a little sprinkle of math
Being able to use Excel really doesn't matter – it's "nice", I suppose, but doesn't really have a bearing on Splunk … outside of Splunk's if syntax matches that of Excel's (if(condition,then,else))
Remedy is a steaming pile of whale poo – and I feel for you struggling with it!
As others have said, do the Fundamentals 1 online course.
Watch the YouTube videos.
Read Hurricane Labs' blog and tutorials (https://hurricanelabs.com/splunk-tutorials – I don't work there, but find them highly useful). Check out Ryan's blog (https://rfaircloth.com).
There're loads of stuff on https://answers.splunk.com.
Find some use cases you have, and go from there – there's probably (not always, but often) applicable apps on https://splunkbase.com for the data you have … or it's Just Supported™ OotB
August 07, 2019 at 09:47PM
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