Granted Patent B2

US 12,204,593 · App. 18/470,251 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Inventors: Sourav Pal (Foster City, CA); Christopher Pride (Oakland, CA); Arindam Bhattacharjee (Fremont, CA); Xiaowei Wang (Santa Clara, CA); James Alasdair Robert Hodge (London, GB); Mustafa Ahamed (Sunnyvale, CA)

Assignee: Splunk Inc.

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Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A method, comprising:

defining, by a data intake and query system, a search scheme based at least in part on a query, wherein the data intake and query system comprises one or more indexers;

triggering, by the data intake and query system, the one or more indexers to search one or more internal data stores and obtain search results based at least in part on a first portion of the search scheme;

providing, by the one or more indexers, to a search service provider, the search results obtained by the one or more indexers, wherein the search service provider directs one or more worker nodes to aggregate the search results obtained by the one or more indexers and obtain aggregated search results based at least in part on a second portion of the search scheme; and

receiving, by the data intake and query system, from the search service provider, an output based at least in part on the aggregated search results.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data intake and query system further comprises a search head, wherein defining the search scheme comprises defining the search scheme by the search head.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more worker nodes are communicatively coupled to one or more external data sources.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search results obtained by the one or more indexers comprise first search results, wherein the search service provider further directs the one or more worker nodes to communicate with one or more external data sources to obtain second search results.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search results obtained by the one or more indexers comprise first search results, wherein the search service provider further directs the one or more worker nodes to communicate with one or more external data sources to obtain second search results, wherein to direct the one or more worker nodes to aggregate the search results obtained by the one or more indexers, the search service provider directs the one or more worker nodes to aggregate the first search results and the second search results.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising rendering data indicative of the output for display on a user interface of a display device associated with a user.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more indexers launch the one or more worker nodes.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more worker nodes are co-located with the one or more indexers.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising receiving the query.

10. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving the query, and

processing the query, wherein defining the search scheme is further based at least in part on processing the query.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more internal data stores store data as time-indexed events, each time-indexed event of the time-indexed events including a portion of raw machine data associated with a timestamp.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more internal data stores store data in a first data format, and wherein the aggregated search results comprise data in a second data format.

13. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search service provider further directs the one or more worker nodes to transform the search results obtained by the one or more indexers into a particular data format.

14. The method of claim 1 , wherein the search service provider generates the output based on the aggregated search results.

15. The method of claim 1 , wherein the output comprises the aggregated search results, the method further comprising processing the output.

16. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first portion of the search scheme indicates one or more first search phases for the one or more indexers, and wherein the second portion of the search scheme indicates one or more second search phases for the one or more worker nodes.

17. The method of claim 1 , wherein the data intake and query system further comprises at least one of the search service provider or the one or more worker nodes.

18. The method of claim 1 , further comprising providing the second portion of the search scheme to the search service provider.

19. A data intake and query system comprising:

one or more indexers;

a memory; and

a processing device coupled with the memory and configured to:

define a search scheme based at least in part on a query;

trigger the one or more indexers to search one or more internal data stores and obtain search results based at least in part on a first portion of the search scheme;

provide, by the one or more indexers, to a search service provider, the search results obtained by the one or more indexers, wherein the search service provider directs one or more worker nodes to aggregate the search results obtained by the one or more indexers and obtain aggregated search results based at least in part on a second portion of the search scheme; and

receive, from the search service provider, an output based at least in part on the aggregated search results.

20. A non-transitory computer-readable medium encoding instructions thereon, wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processing devices of a data intake and query system causes the one or more processing devices to:

define a search scheme based at least in part on a query, wherein the data intake and query system comprises one or more indexers;

trigger the one or more indexers to search one or more internal data stores and obtain search results based at least in part on a first portion of the search scheme;

provide, by the one or more indexers, to a search service provider, the search results obtained by the one or more indexers, wherein the search service provider directs one or more worker nodes to aggregate the search results obtained by the one or more indexers and obtain aggregated search results based at least in part on a second portion of the search scheme; and

receive, from the search service provider, an output based at least in part on the aggregated search results.

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