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In Splunk, events contain a variety of default fields that provide essential context about the data. Source type, host, and index are all standard fields automatically assigned to events as they are ingested.

The source type identifies the format of the data and helps Splunk apply the appropriate parsing and indexing methods. The host field indicates the source of the data, while the index specifies where the data is stored within Splunk for efficient searching and retrieval.

On the other hand, severity is not a default field that Splunk assigns. While severity can be a critical parameter in specific event types, it does not exist as a default field across all events. Organizations can create custom fields, including severity, through field extraction or event processing, but it is not part of the default metadata that gets automatically applied to every event ingested by Splunk. This distinction highlights the importance of understanding what fields are inherently included in Splunk events versus those that may need to be defined or obtained separately in specific implementations.