A Complete Guide to Understanding the Splunk Add-on Builder

In this post, we'll walk through the ins and outs of the Splunk Add-on Builder. Not only does the Splunk Add-on Builder help users avoid common pitfalls during app development, it also validates apps according to best practices and app certification standards.  

On the app homepage, you'll see every add-on created using the Splunk Add-on Builder, along with those already installed on the instance. An Add-on Builder project is an editable add-on along with its meta data. Beyond editing capabilities, you're also able to export projects for use with other instances of Add-on Builder....


Collecting Data from ServiceNow in Splunk

Let's discuss how to collect data from your ServiceNow instance in Splunk. First, what is ServiceNow? ServiceNow is a maker of service management software that can be on-prem or in the cloud. Organizational use of ServiceNow ranges from standard IT help desk ticketing systems to legal service management. These organizations may want to collect data from their ServiceNow instance for security auditing or operational awareness of their deployment. ServiceNow exposes a REST API that can be used to extract this data.

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