Splunk Certified Developer

About Splunk Certified Developer

The Splunk Certified Developer exam is the final step towards completion of the Splunk Certified Developer certification. This highly technical certification exam evaluates a candidate’s knowledge and skills in drilldowns, advanced behaviour and visualizations, building apps using the Splunk Web Framework, and REST endpoints. 

A Splunk Certified Developer has the ability to builds apps using the Splunk Web Framework. Candidates will demonstrates their expertise in drilldowns, advanced behaviours and visualizations, planning, creating, and packaging apps, and REST endpoints. 

Exam Prerequisite - Certification

• Splunk Enterprise Certified Admin
• Splunk Core Certified Power User

Recommended Prerequisite - Courses 

Candidates for the exam are recommended to complete the lecture, hands-on labs, and quizzes that are part of the course which are:

• Advanced Dashboards & Visualizations
• Building Splunk Apps
• Developing with Splunk’s REST API

Learning Skills / Key Areas

The following content areas are general guidelines for the content to be included on the exam:

• Prototyping
• Using tokens
• Improving performance
• Customizing views
• Using event handlers
• Adding simple XML extensions
• Introduction to Splunk apps
• Planning app development
• Adding data
• Creating apps
• Creating SplunkJS views
• Creating a KV store
• Using the Splunk REST API
• Packaging apps
• Calling Splunk REST endpoints with curl
• Embedding calls to REST endpoints 

Course Structure

Topic 1: Use Forms 5%

1.1 Explain how tokens work

1.2 Define types of token filters

Topic 2: Improve Performance 5%

2.1 Use the tstats command

2.2 Use global searches

Topic 3: Customize Dashboards 5%

3.1 Customize panel link buttons

3.2 Set panel refresh and delay times

Topic 4: Use Event Handlers 5%

4.1 Identify types of event handlers

4.2 Describe event actions

Topic 5: Add Drilldowns 5%

5.1 Define types of drilldowns

5.2 Identify predefined tokens

Topic 6: Add Advanced Visualizations & Behaviors 5%

6.1 Describe simple XML extensions

6.2 Describe Splunk Custom Visualizations

Topic 7: Planning App Development 10%

7.1 Describe ways to monitor app performance

7.2 Identify useful Splunk log files

7.3 Describe security best practices

Topic 8: Creating Apps 5%

8.1 Define the app directory structure

8.2 Describe app permissions

Topic 9: Adding Data 5%

9.1 List types of data inputs

9.2 Describe add-ons

Topic 10: Creating a KV Store 5%

10.1 Define what is a KV Store

10.2 Describe KV Store lookup

10.3 Create a KV Store collection

10.4 Search a KV Store collection

10.5 Update content in a KV Store collection

10.6 Delete a KV Store collection

Topic 11: Packaging Apps 5%

11.1 Describe the difference between local and default directories

Topic 12: Introduction to the Splunk REST API 5%

12.1 Describe the REST URI format

12.2 Identify which Splunk server to connect to (e.g., search head, indexer, forwarder)

12.3 Identify where REST logging occurs

12.4 Describe authentication methods

Topic 13: Namespaces and Object Management 10%

13.1 Describe namespaces and why they matter

13.2 Describe how the servicesNS is used with namespaces and REST endpoints

13.3 Describe access control lists

13.4 Update access control lists

Topic 14: Parsing REST Output 5%

14.1. Describe how the Splunk REST API uses Atom Syndication

14.2. Describe the entry element

14.3. Describe the content element

14.4. Describe how to control the output format

Topic 15: Searching 10%

15.1 Describe the importance of specifying fields in a search

15.2 Describe options for specifying a search time range

15.3 Describe blocking, oneshot, normal, and export searches

15.4 Describe search jobs

15.5 Create and manage search jobs

15.6 Describe ways to improve search performance

Topic 16: Writing Data to Splunk 10%

16.1. Identify some options that are available when creating an index

16.2. Create and manage indexes

16.3. Describe the Splunk HTTP Event Collector (HEC)

16.4. Describe HEC tokens and how they are used

16.5. Describe indexer acknowledgement

16.6. Create and use HEC tokens to get data into Splunk

Exam Pattern 

• Exam Name: Splunk Certified Developer
• Number of Questions: 70
• Length of Time:  57 minutes
• Exam Fee: $125 USD 
• Exam Language: English

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