Send metrics to a metrics index
If you gather metrics data, you can send the data directly to a metrics index using an HTTP Event Collector (HEC).
The most updated instructions for sending data to a metrics index are in the following topics in the Splunk Enterprise Metrics Manual:
See also
- Overview of metrics in the Splunk Enterprise Metrics manual
- Create metrics indexes in the Splunk Enterprise Managing Indexers and Clusters of Indexers manual
- /collector and /collector/raw in the Splunk Enterprise REST API Reference Manual