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title: Migration
description: >-
  Send your existing log sources to Datadog, and translate the searches, alerts,
  and dashboards you built in Splunk.
breadcrumbs: Docs > Log Management > Migration
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.datadoghq.com/llms.txt).

# Migration

## Overview{% #overview %}

Moving to Datadog Log Management has two parts: sending your logs to Datadog, and recreating the searches, alerts, and dashboards your teams rely on.

## Send your logs to Datadog{% #send-your-logs-to-datadog %}

Configure the [Datadog Agent](https://docs.datadoghq.com/agent/logs.md) to collect logs from files, containers, and network sources. [Integrations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/integrations.md) that support log collection include their own log configurations.

## Translate your queries and assets{% #translate-your-queries-and-assets %}

After your logs are in Datadog, use [Query Translation](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/migration/query_translation.md) to convert Splunk Processing Language (SPL) into Datadog [log search syntax](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/search_syntax.md). Translate a single query at a time, or translate the queries in Splunk alerts and dashboards in bulk and use them to create Datadog monitors and dashboards. Query Translation supports only Splunk as a source platform.

## Further reading{% #further-reading %}

Additional helpful documentation, links, and articles:

- [Log collection and integrations](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/log_collection.md)
- [Log search syntax](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/explorer/search_syntax.md)
- [Log indexes](https://docs.datadoghq.com/logs/log_configuration/indexes.md)