Vendor-specific data

Vendor-specific data refers to information, configurations, or metadata that are uniquely formatted, structured, or managed by a specific vendor's software, hardware, or services. This data is often proprietary to the vendor and could be used to enable or optimize the functionality of their products, integrate with their ecosystems, or provide insights specific to their platforms. Vendor-specific data might include configuration files, logs, performance metrics, APIs, or data formats that are tailored to the vendor's architecture and might not be compatible with other systems without conversion or integration. Changes in vendor systems (for example, updates or discontinuation) might affect access to or interpretation of vendor-specific data.

Splunkbase hosts add-ons and apps that will help you ingest and analyze data from hundreds of vendors. In addition, most Splunk Lantern data type descriptors can be linked to vendor-specific data sources. For example, Microsoft Outlook is a data source for email data, NGINX is a data source for web server data, and Cisco ASA is a data source for network firewall data. Therefore this article lists use cases only for vendors whose product does not fit under one of the other existing categories, for example point-of-sale systems or enterprise resource planning software. We recommend scanning the data type descriptors first, and then coming here to look for information for your specific use case.