The default index used for sc4s metrics will be “_metrics”
Metrics data is collected by default as traditional events; use of Splunk Metrics is enabled by an opt-in set by the variable SC4S_DEST_SPLUNK_SC4S_METRICS_HEC. See the “Options”
section below for details.
event produce metrics as plain text events; single produce metrics using Splunk Enterprise 7.3 single metrics format; multi produce metrics using Splunk Enterprise >8.1 multi metric format multi2 produces improved (reduced resource consumption) multi metric format