By now, you have familiarized yourself with data models and the Pivot Editor. In this chapter, we explained what data models are and how they are created. We walked you through how to create your data model objects based on a hierarchy. You also have learned that data models consist of attributes that can be inherited from the parent objects. You created an attribute by extracting a field using regular expression. We have also shown you how to use the Pivot Editor and create three different visualizations: area chart, pie chart, and single value with trend sparkline.
In the next chapter, Chapter 5, Data Optimization, Reports, Alerts, and Accelerating Searches, you will learn how to create and use these important Splunk tools as well as how to optimize searches.