How to do it...

Perform these steps to create a custom search command to format product names:

1. Log in to your Splunk server.
2. Select the Search & Reporting application.
3. Click on Settings and then on Data Inputs:
   
4. Click on HTTP Event Collector:
   
5. Click the Global Settings button:
   

1. Set All Tokens to Enabled, and set the DefaultIndex to main. Then, click the Save button:
   
2. Click the New Token button:
   
3. Set the Name to Inventory Scanner and the Source name override to inventory:scanner, and click the Next button:
   

1. Select New for the Source Type and enter inventory:scanner as the value:
   

1. Under the Index section, click on main so that it gets moved to the SelectedItem(s) list and click the Review button:
   
2. Click Review and confirm your selections, then click Submit.
3. After the form submits, you will be presented with the token. This token will be needed for the recipe in Chapter 10, Above and Beyond – Customization, Web Framework, REST API, HTTP Event Collector, and SDKs: