Prepositions

Prepositions help orient users in Splunk documentation by guiding them to the correct location or context, ensuring clarity and ease of understanding.

You can use prepositions to orient users to a location when writing Splunk documentation. Use your best judgment to determine what sounds best.

Choosing the best preposition

Use "into" in the context of getting data into a Splunk product. Otherwise, choose any preposition that fits the context of the sentence and doesn't cause confusion for the reader. The following list shows a number of acceptable options:

from

from the command line
from the Settings menu

in

in Splunk Cloud Platform
in a folder
in the Search bar

into

Get data into Splunk Enterprise.

on

on a forwarder
on an indexer
on the Dashboard toolbar
on your web browser

within

within a multi-clustered environment

You can also choose another word, such as "over", "across", "through", or "with" if that is more accurate:

over large datasets
across your deployment servers
through a custom event
with a token

Avoid Latin phrases in Splunk documentation, so don't use "via" as a preposition. See American English spelling and phrases.

Placing prepositions in a sentence

Place the preposition where it makes the sentence easiest to comprehend. It's okay to use a preposition at the end of a sentence. See the following examples:

Determine which deployment you're running your app in.
Define the assets that admins interact with.
This field represents the protocol that the rule is written for.