An event type is essentially a simple search definition, with no pipes or commands.

To define an event type, first make a search. Let's search for the following:

sourcetype="impl_splunk_gen_SomeMoreLogs" logger=AuthClass

Let's say these events are login events. To make an event type, choose Settings and then Event types, as shown in the following screenshot:

This presents us with the Event types page where we view existing event types and, as we want to do here, create a new event:

Image showing the Splunk Event Types page listing existing event types

First, click the button labeled New. Splunk will display the Add New page:

Let's name our event type login.

We can now search for the same events using the event type:

eventtype=login

Event types can be used as part of another search, as follows:

eventtype=login loglevel=error

Event type definitions can also refer to other event types. For example, let's assume that all login events that have a loglevel value of...